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ICU Management

Cardiovascular-management-in-septic-shock-optimising-vascular-and-cardiac-function

2023 30 Nov

An overview of vasopressor management, current evidence on its use, when to initiate vasopressor therapy for best possible patient outcome and a discussion regarding the use of landiolol in septic patients with persistent tachycardia.    Optimising Vasopressin Initiation in Septic Shock   Patients with septic shock, and especially...Read more

Cardiology Management

Cardiovascular-management-in-septic-shock-optimising-vascular-and-cardiac-function

2023 30 Nov

An overview of vasopressor management, current evidence on its use, when to initiate vasopressor therapy for best possible patient outcome and a discussion regarding the use of landiolol in septic patients with persistent tachycardia.    Optimising Vasopressin Initiation in Septic Shock   Patients with septic shock, and especially...Read more

ICU Management

Improving-haemodynamic-management-of-icu-patients-decatecholaminisation-cardiac-stress-reduction

2022 08 Dec

A summary of a symposium organised by AOP Health with presentations from Ricard Ferrer, Vall d’Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain; Bruno Levy, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nancy, CHU Nancy · Réanimation Médicale Brabois, France; and Michael Fries, St. Vincenz Krankenhaus Limburg, Department of Anesthesiology, Germany....Read more

ICU Management

Atrial-fibrillation-and-sepsis-a-life-threatening-combination

2020 08 Oct

  Almost half of the patients with sepsis suffer from myocardial depression and a reduced ejection fraction. Sepsis can also cause changes in circulating volume, vascular tone, and coronary blood flow, all of which affect heart function and heart rate. Serum catecholamine levels and direct measurements of renal sympathetic nerve activity have shown...Read more