Management of the changeover of inotrope infusions in children

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 275-280

  Arino, Melanie ^a   Barrington, Jane P ^a   Morrison, Anne L ^a   Gillies, Donna ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child; Inotrope; Intensive care units; Paediatric; Paediatric critical care nursing

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE; INOTROPIC AGENT; NORADRENALIN; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG TOLERANCE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PEDIATRICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; DOPAMINE; DRUG MONITORING; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; NOREPINEPHRINE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PATIENT TRANSFER; PEDIATRIC NURSING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 4644299985     PISSN: 09643397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iccn.2004.06.003     Document Type: Article

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