Beta-blockers in septic shock to optimize hemodynamics? No

Anthony S McLean¹, Fabio S Taccone², Antoine Vieillard-Baron^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Nepean Hospital, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia. anthony.mclean@sydney.edu.au.
² Department of Intensive Care, Hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
³ Medical-Surgical Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital Ambroise Paré, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Boulogne-Billancourt, France.
⁴ INSERM U-1018, CESP, Team 5, University of Versailles Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, Villejuif, France.

Editorial

Anthony S McLean et al. Intensive Care Med. 2016 Oct.

. 2016 Oct;42(10):1610-1612.

doi: 10.1007/s00134-016-4407-3. Epub 2016 Jun 27.

Anthony S McLean¹, Fabio S Taccone², Antoine Vieillard-Baron^{3

4}

¹ Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Nepean Hospital, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia. anthony.mclean@sydney.edu.au.
² Department of Intensive Care, Hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
³ Medical-Surgical Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital Ambroise Paré, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Boulogne-Billancourt, France.
⁴ INSERM U-1018, CESP, Team 5, University of Versailles Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, Villejuif, France.

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Heart rate reduction with esmolol is associated with improved arterial elastance in patients with septic shock: a prospective observational study.
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