Elevation of systemic oxygen delivery in the treatment of critically ill patients.

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Summary

The use of dobutamine to boost the cardiac index and systemic oxygen delivery failed to improve the outcome in this heterogeneous group of critically ill patients, and it is suggested that in some cases aggressive efforts to increase oxygen consumption may have been detrimental.

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letter
Published
1994-06-16
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Keywords

Medicine, Dobutamine, Cardiac index, Kilogram, Anesthesia

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