Surviving sepsis campaign guidelines 2008: Revisiting vasopressor recommendations

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2488-2489

  Vincent, Jean Louis ^a   Hollenberg, Steven M ^b   Rivers, Emanuel ^c   Levy, Mitchell M ^d   Parker, Margaret M ^e   Dellinger, R Phillip ^b  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b Department of Anesthesiology   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ARGIPRESSIN; DOPAMINE; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; NORADRENALIN;

ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; HEART ARREST; HEART INDEX; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LETTER; MONOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTIC SHOCK; SIDE EFFECT; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 85049058149     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318181167b     Document Type: Letter

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