Terlipressin in patients with septic shock: Friend or foe? [1] (multiple letters)

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 992-

  Westphal, M ^a   Ertmer, C ^a   Van Aken, H ^a   Bone, H G ^a   Morelli, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Oxygen consumption; Oxygen delivery; Sepsis; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; NORADRENALIN; TERLIPRESSIN;

DRUG EFFECT; HEART INDEX; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LETTER; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN SUPPLY; SEPTIC SHOCK; SIDE EFFECT; STOMACH MUCOSA; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION;

EID: 2442446402     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-004-2243-3     Document Type: Letter

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