Norepinephrine: More of a neurohormone than a vasopressor

Critical Care

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Myburgh, John ^a,b,c  

^a GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALPHA 1A ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA 1B ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA 2A ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA 2B ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA 3 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; NEUROHORMONE; NORADRENALIN; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT;

BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FLUID THERAPY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FUNCTION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART INDEX; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART OUTPUT; HEART PRELOAD; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERLACTATEMIA; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MORTALITY; NOTE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESUSCITATION; SEPTIC SHOCK; SYMPATHETIC TONE; ANIMAL; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; NOREPINEPHRINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESUSCITATION; SHOCK, SEPTIC; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 80053288416     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc9246     Document Type: Note

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