Practice patterns and outcomes associated with choice of initial vasopressor therapy for septic shock

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2141-2146

  Fawzy, Ashraf ^a   Evans, Stephen R ^b   Walkey, Allan J ^a,c  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical practice patterns; Dopamine; Norepinephrine; Septic shock; Vasopressor agents

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; NORADRENALIN; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPTIC SHOCK; UNITED STATES; COHORT ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; SHOCK, SEPTIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOCK, SEPTIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 84941888378     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000001149     Document Type: Article

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