Clonidine Research Paper

Title: Safety of clonidine and quetiapine in post-cardiac surgery intensive care unit patients

Purpose: Critical care of the cardiac surgical patient is a challenging and dynamic topic that requires a multidisciplinary team to ensure patient safety. Moreover, clonidine and quetiapine are commonly used agents in intensive care unit (ICU) settings. However, the safety of these agents in cardiac surgery patients is yet to be established. Hence, our goal is to assess the safety of oral clonidine and oral quetiapine in adult post-cardiac surgery critically ill patients.

Methods: This study has been submitted to the Institutional Review Board for approval. In this study, we will collect our data from the electronic medical records of a large tertiary