Search Tag: CPB vasoplegia

ICU Management

2020 14 Sep

Post cardiopulmonary bypass vasoplegia is common, and associated with poor outcomes. Traditional management strategies involving escalating doses of catecholamines, vasopressin and adjuncts such as methylene blue and hydroxycobalamin or ascorbic acid have not shown promising results. Since ACE enzyme dysfunction, high serum renin and low endogenous...Read more