Real-life use of vasopressors and inotropes in cardiogenic shock-observation is necessarily 'theory-laden'

Samiran Ray^{1

2}, Mirjana Cvetkovic³, Daniel H Lutman⁴, Nazima Pathan⁵, Padmanabhan Ramnarayan^{4

6}, David P Inwald⁶, Mark J Peters^{4

7}

Affiliations

¹ Children's Acute Transport Service, Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Trust, London, WC1N 3JH, UK. samiran.ray@gosh.nhs.uk.
² University College London Institute of Child Health, 30 Guildford Street, London, UK. samiran.ray@gosh.nhs.uk.
³ University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trusts, Leicester, UK.
⁴ Children's Acute Transport Service, Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Trust, London, WC1N 3JH, UK.
⁵ Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, Cambridge, UK.
⁶ Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK.
⁷ University College London Institute of Child Health, 30 Guildford Street, London, UK.

Samiran Ray et al. Crit Care. 2016.

. 2016 Sep 26;20(1):293.

doi: 10.1186/s13054-016-1473-4.

Samiran Ray^{1

2}, Mirjana Cvetkovic³, Daniel H Lutman⁴, Nazima Pathan⁵, Padmanabhan Ramnarayan^{4

6}, David P Inwald⁶, Mark J Peters^{4

7}

¹ Children's Acute Transport Service, Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Trust, London, WC1N 3JH, UK. samiran.ray@gosh.nhs.uk.
² University College London Institute of Child Health, 30 Guildford Street, London, UK. samiran.ray@gosh.nhs.uk.
³ University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trusts, Leicester, UK.
⁴ Children's Acute Transport Service, Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Trust, London, WC1N 3JH, UK.
⁵ Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, Cambridge, UK.
⁶ Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK.
⁷ University College London Institute of Child Health, 30 Guildford Street, London, UK.

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