The hemodynamic effects of norepinephrine: far more than an increase in blood pressure!

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Pierre Foulon et al. Ann Transl Med. 2018 Nov.

. 2018 Nov;6(Suppl 1):S25.

doi: 10.21037/atm.2018.09.27.

¹ Department of Intensive Care, CHIREC Hospitals, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.

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Norepinephrine exerts an inotropic effect during the early phase of human septic shock.
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