Critical care medicine
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Critical care medicine · Sep 1993
Comparative Study Clinical TrialRegional blood flow and oxygen transport in patients with the low cardiac output syndrome after cardiac surgery.
To assess systemic and regional oxygen transport after open heart surgery in patients with the low cardiac output syndrome who are receiving vasoactive drugs and in patients with normal hemodynamics during spontaneous rewarming. ⋯ In low cardiac output syndrome after cardiac surgery, splanchnic oxygen delivery was marginal and was maintained at the expense of peripheral oxygen delivery. Dobutamine, both alone and in combination with sodium nitroprusside, improved splanchnic oxygen delivery.