• Clinics in chest medicine · Jun 1996

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    Hemodynamic support during sepsis.

    • F P Ognibene.
    • Department of Critical Care Medicine, Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
    • Clin. Chest Med. 1996 Jun 1;17(2):279-87.

    AbstractHemodynamic support during sepsis should focus on aggressive resuscitation coupled with vasopressors aimed at restoration of blood pressure and end-organ perfusion and preservation. The choice of vasopressors should be based on the degree and persistence of peripheral vasodilatation as well as the degree of cardiac stimulation required. Norepinephrine can and should be used when dopamine fails to improve blood pressure and perfusion after adequate volume resuscitation. Dopamine's role of renovascular preservation remains controversial. Therapeutic strategies aimed at supranormal improvements in cardiac index or oxygen delivery have no documented effect in septic patients and should not be part of their therapy.

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