This section of The Dexmedetomidine Information Source will include updated information about dexmedetomidine including symposia, and other useful resources. Included below is a downloadable slide presentation on ICU sedation that was provided by Dr Michael Ramsay who developed the Ramsay sedation score. Please contact us at Info@DocMD.com if you have additional suggestions or comments.
   
  New Article Summaries (07/04/02)
   
  Slides from The Society of Neurosurgical Anesthesia and Critical Care symposium (10/11/01)
   
  Respiratory effects of dexmedetomidine in the surgical patient requiring intensive care (9/6/01)
   
  ICU sedation slides and the Ramsay sedation score
   
  Alpha-2 Adrenergic Agonists for Sedation and Analgesia
           Pekka O. Talke, MD
       Department of Anesthesia and
       Perioperative Medicine
       Chief of Neuroanesthesia
       University of California, San Francisco