The use of clonidine in elderly patients with delirium; pharmacokinetics and hemodynamic responses [PDF]
BMC Pharmacology and Toxicology, 2018 Background The Oslo Study of Clonidine in Elderly Patients with Delirium (LUCID) is an RCT investigating the effect of clonidine in medical patients > 65 years with delirium.
Karen Roksund Hov +8 more
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Electrophysiological evidence about sexual dimorphism in the clonidine-induced inhibition of trigeminal wide dynamic range cell activity [PDF]
The Journal of Headache and PainBackground The trigeminal system plays a key role in headaches pathophysiology. In this regard, nociceptive experiments in male rodents have shown that at the trigeminal level, clonidine induces antinociception through α2A- but not α2B/2C-adrenoceptors ...
Gustavo López-Córdoba +3 more
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A phase II clinical trial to assess the safety of clonidine in acute organophosphorus pesticide poisoning [PDF]
Trials, 2009 Background An estimated 2–3 million people are acutely poisoned by organophosphorus pesticides each year, mostly in the developing world. There is a pressing need for new affordable antidotes and clonidine has been shown to be effective in animal studies.
Karunatilake Harindra +6 more
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Neonatal abstinence syndrome: Pharmacologic strategies for the mother and infant. [PDF]
, 2016 Opioid use in pregnancy has increased dramatically over the past decade. Since prenatal opioid use is associated with numerous obstetrical and neonatal complications, this now has become a major public health problem.
Davis, Jonathan M. +2 more
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Symptomatic treatment of children with anti-NMDAR encephalitis. [PDF]
, 2016 AIM: We performed the first study on the perceived benefit and adverse effects of symptomatic management in children with anti-N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis.
Brilot, F +7 more
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Alcohol Withdrawal – Therapeutical Management in Surgical Patients with Upper Intestinal Bleeding [PDF]
, 2015 Psychological dependence involves a desire to use a drug to avoid the unpleasant withdrawal syndrome that results from cessation of exposure to it. Alcohol withdrawal syndrome is one of the most feared complications of alcohol addiction and sometimes can
Bogdan, Popescu +5 more
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Postoperative pain management in children: Guidance from the pain committee of the European Society for Paediatric Anaesthesiology (ESPA Pain Management Ladder Initiative) [PDF]
, 2018 The main remit of the European Society for Paediatric Anaesthesiology (ESPA) Pain Committee is to improve the quality of pain management in children. The ESPA Pain Management Ladder is a clinical practice advisory based upon expert consensus to help to ...
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Topical treatment of peripheral neuropathic pain: applying the evidence [PDF]
, 2017 Patients with peripheral neuropathic pain (NP) may only achieve partial pain relief with currently recommended first-line oral treatments, which are also associated with systemic adverse events.
Cruccu, Giorgio, Sommer, Claudia
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Local Field Potential‐Based Programming: A Proof‐of‐Concept Pilot Study
Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface, EarlyView., 2021 Abstract Objectives Programming deep brain stimulation (DBS) is still based on a trial‐and‐error approach, often becoming a time‐consuming process for both treating physicians and patients. Several strategies have been proposed to streamline DBS programming, most of which are preliminary and mainly address Parkinson's disease, a condition readily ...
Alfonso Fasano +10 more
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Mirtazapine decreases stimulatory effects of reboxetine on cortisol, adrenocorticotropin and prolactin secretion in healthy male subjects [PDF]
, 2004 Reboxetine is a selective noradrenaline reuptake inhibitor, whereas mirtazapine acts as an antagonist at noradrenergic alpha(2), serotonin (5-HT2), 5-HT3 and histamine H-1 receptors.
Baghai, Thomas C. +2 more
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