%0 Journal Article %A Melissa Duan %A Jarone Lee %A Edward A Bittner %T Dexmedetomidine for Sedation in the Parturient With Respiratory Failure Requiring Noninvasive Ventilation %D 2012 %R 10.4187/respcare.01733 %J Respiratory Care %P 1967-1969 %V 57 %N 11 %X Dexmedetomidine is a selective alpha-2 receptor agonist that possesses both sedative and analgesic properties, with minimal respiratory depression. We report the successful administration of dexmedetomidine on a 16-year-old primigravida woman that allowed the patient to tolerate application of bi-level positive airway pressure ventilation in treatment of acute hypoxemic respiratory failure. %U https://rc.rcjournal.com/content/respcare/57/11/1967.full.pdf