Epinephrine impairs splanchnic perfusion in septic shock

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 399-404

  Meier Hellmann, Andreas ^a   Reinhart, Konrad ^a   Bredle, Donald L ^c   Specht, Martin ^a   Spies, Claudia D ^b   Hannemann, Lutz ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

dobutamine; epinephrine; norepinephrine; oxygen consumption; oxygen delivery; sepsis; septic shock; splanchnic blood flow; splanchnic oxygen consumption; splanchnic oxygen delivery

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; DOBUTAMINE; LACTIC ACID; NORADRENALIN; OXYGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTIC SHOCK; SPLANCHNIC BLOOD FLOW;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOBUTAMINE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOREPINEPHRINE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOCK, SEPTIC; SPLANCHNIC CIRCULATION; SYMPATHOMIMETICS; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 0031000027     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199703000-00005     Document Type: Article

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