Fenoldopam use in a burn intensive care unit: a retrospective study
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Fenoldopam use in a burn intensive care unit: a retrospective study
BACKGROUND Fenoldopam mesylate is a highly selective dopamine-1 receptor agonist approved for the treatment of hypertensive emergencies that may have a role at low doses in preserving renal function in those at high risk for or with acute kidney injury (AKI). There is no data on low-dose fenoldopam in the burn population. The purpose of our study was to describe our use of low-dose fenoldopam (...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Anesthesiology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1471-2253
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2253-10-9