Intravenous labetolol in treating hypertensive crisis following dexmedetomidine infusion for procedural sedation.
Dexmedetomidine is widely used for procedural sedation because of its unique combination of sedation, analgesia, and anxiolysis with minimal respiratory depression. Transient hypertension has been reported during the use of dexmedetomidine which is usually benign and is taken over by the hypotensive response on continuing the infusion. We report a case of hypertensive crisis following dexmedetomidine infusion used for procedural sedation, necessitating discontinuation of the infusion and treatment of hypertension. The dilemmas involved in treating hypertension caused by dexmedetomidine are discussed.
['Muthiah|Thilaka|T|', 'Moni|Amarnath|A|', 'Mathews|Lailu|L|', 'Balaji|Sudarshan|S|']
D058647:Adrenergic alpha-2 Receptor Agonists D000328:Adult D000959:Antihypertensive Agents D016292:Conscious Sedation D020927:Dexmedetomidine D006801:Humans D006973:Hypertension D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives D007741:Labetalol D008297:Male
Labetolol Hypertension Dexmedetomidine Sedation