1265 Use of Steroids in Inotrope Resistant Sepsis and at Extubation in Uk Paediatric Intensive Care Units - Telephone Audit
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Which inotrope and when in neonatal and paediatric intensive care?
INTRODUCTION Inotropes are medicines that increase the force of cardiac muscle contraction. Inotropes are used to improve cardiac output and so increase oxygen delivery to tissues. There are very few pure inotropes. Most have other effects, which can help or hinder therapy. Deciding which inotrope to use, and when, is complicated for several reasons. The evidence base for these medicines is pat...
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Received: September 11, 2009 Accepted for publication: December 29, 2009 From the Division of Trauma, Department of Surgery Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, E-Da Hospital/I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan Address reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Tsung-Ying Lin Divis...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric Research
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0031-3998,1530-0447
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-201011001-01265