Extubating the agitated patient: dexmedetomidine vs. cowboy-style?

Dexmedetomidine decreased the duration of ventilation among agitated patients in a recent RCT in JAMA. But did these patients actually require intubation and dexmedetomidine? Or did they merely require extubation?

EMCrit by Josh Farkas.

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