PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Duan, Melissa AU - Lee, Jarone AU - Bittner, Edward A TI - Dexmedetomidine for Sedation in the Parturient With Respiratory Failure Requiring Noninvasive Ventilation AID - 10.4187/respcare.01733 DP - 2012 Nov 01 TA - Respiratory Care PG - 1967--1969 VI - 57 IP - 11 4099 - http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/57/11/1967.short 4100 - http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/57/11/1967.full AB - 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.