Case Report
Significant Bradycardia in Critically Ill Patients Receiving Dexmedetomidine and Fentanyl
Table 1
Select demographic data and labs at time of bradycardia.
| | | Case 1 | Case 2 | Case 3 |
| | Weight (kg) | 77 | 86.8 | 93.4 | | Body mass index (BMI) | 29.3 | 25.1 | 29.9 | | Serum creatinine (mg/dL) | 1.10 | 1.78 | 0.61 | | Serum CO2 (mEq/L) | 28 | 20 | 27 | | Blood urea nitrogen (mg/dL) | 28 | 41 | 24 | | Albumin (g/dL) | 1.9 | 2.6 | 4.1 | | Protein (g/dL) | 5.4 | 5.3 | 4.6 | | ALT (units/L) | 7 | 4 | 48 | | AST (units/L) | 29 | 37 | 46 | | Alkaline phosphatase (units/L) | 60 | 164 | 74 | | INR | 2.12 | 1.14 | 1.03 | | aPTT (seconds) | 37.3 | 24.1 | 30.6 |
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ALT: alanine aminotransferase; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; INR: international normalized ratio; aPTT: activated partial thromboplastin time.
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