Research progress of dexmedetomidine in awake intubation
Awake tracheal intubation is a common way to difficult airway in clinical work, the appropriate use of analgesic and sedative drugs is an important supplementary means of successful intubation. Dexmedetomidine is a kind of high efficient and high selective α2 adrenergic receptor agonist, with sedation and analgesia, restraining the activity of sympathetic nerve, inhibiting the inflammatory reaction, myocardial protection, restraint stress related fear memory and learning effect, this article reviews the progress in the application in the awake tracheal intubation and related research.