A practice survey on vasopressor and inotropic drug therapy in Scandinavian intensive care units

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 693-701

  Oldner, Anders ^a   Rossi, P ^a   Karason, S ^c   Aneman A ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Sahlgrenska Sjukhuset   (Sweden)

^c LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Fluids; Hemodynamic monitoring; Inotropic drug doses; Ionotropic drugs; PA catheter; Volume loading

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; DEXTRAN; DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE; HYPERTENSIVE AGENT; NORADRENALIN; RINGER ACETATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STARCH;

ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERY CATHETER; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG INDICATION; ERYTHROCYTE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FLUID THERAPY; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART OUTPUT; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYDRATION; HYPERLACTATEMIA; HYPOTENSION; INOTROPISM; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; OLIGURIA; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PLASMA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMEDICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; REVIEW; SCANDINAVIA; SEPSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERNET; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PLASMA SUBSTITUTES; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 0038545389     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-6576.2003.00129.x     Document Type: Review

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