In response

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY. Electronic address: menachem.weiner@mountsinai.org.
² Department of Anesthesiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY; Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY.

Comment

Menachem M Weiner et al. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2014 Apr.

. 2014 Apr;28(2):e12.

doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2013.09.011. Epub 2013 Nov 28.

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY. Electronic address: menachem.weiner@mountsinai.org.
² Department of Anesthesiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY; Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY.

No abstract available

Comment on

Methylene blue is associated with poor outcomes in vasoplegic shock.
Weiner MM, Lin HM, Danforth D, Rao S, Hosseinian L, Fischer GW. Weiner MM, et al. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2013 Dec;27(6):1233-8. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2013.02.026. Epub 2013 Aug 22. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2013. PMID: 23972738
"Methylene blue should be relegated to rescue use and not as first-line therapy" cannot become a paradigm.
Evora PR, José Rodrigues A, Celotto AC. Evora PR, et al. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2014 Apr;28(2):e11-2. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2013.09.009. Epub 2013 Dec 2. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2014. PMID: 24295723 No abstract available.