Splanchnic blood flow is greater in septic shock treated with norepinephrine than in severe sepsis

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1354-1359

  Meier Hellmann, A ^a   Specht, M ^a   Hannemann, L ^b   Hassel, H ^a   Bredle, D L ^c   Reinhart, K ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Norepinephrine; Sepsis; Septic shock; Splanchnic blood flow; Splanchnic oxygen consumption; Splanchnic oxygen delivery

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE; NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROCIRCULATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PERFUSION; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SPLANCHNIC BLOOD FLOW; STOMACH MUCOSA;

EID: 0030471084     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01709551     Document Type: Article

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