Continuous terlipressin infusion in patients with persistent septic shock and cirrhosis of the liver [4]

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 390-391

  Umgelter, Andreas ^a   Reindl, Wolfgang ^a   Schmid, Roland M ^a   Huber, Wolfgang ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN; TERLIPRESSIN;

ADULT; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; CHOLANGITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; FEMALE; HEART INDEX; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LETTER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PNEUMONIA; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SEX RATIO; SYSTEMIC VASCULAR RESISTANCE; THERMODILUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INTENSIVE CARE; LYSINE VASOPRESSIN; MALE; SHOCK, SEPTIC; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 38849175421     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-007-0877-7     Document Type: Letter

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