How do you transition severely agitated ICU patients off a dexmedetomidine infusion when it is being used primarily for psychiatric agitation?

Even if initial agitation is felt to be psychiatric, it is important to remember (and remind involved teams) that following intubation and sedation in the ICU, rebound agitation as dexmedetomidine is weaned may have become multifactorial. As such, interventions such as monitoring for contribution fr...