Katherine Cicolello, MD
Department of Psychiatry, Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Case Series
Dexmedetomidine for Agitation With Excited Catatonia
October 7, 2021
The α2-receptor agonist dexmedetomidine is generally used for short-term analgesia and sedation. This report describes several cases in which dexmedetomidine was used to treat agitation that accompanied excited catatonia.