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Comment
. 2022 Feb;48(2):253-254.
doi: 10.1007/s00134-021-06564-2. Epub 2021 Oct 26.

Do we have sufficient evidence to support the use of inotropes in patients with sepsis?

Ryota Sato  1 , Daisuke Hasegawa  2   3 , Siddharth Dugar  4   5
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Comment

Do we have sufficient evidence to support the use of inotropes in patients with sepsis?

Ryota Sato et al. Intensive Care Med. 2022 Feb.
No abstract available

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  • Surviving sepsis campaign: international guidelines for management of sepsis and septic shock 2021.
    Evans L, Rhodes A, Alhazzani W, Antonelli M, Coopersmith CM, French C, Machado FR, Mcintyre L, Ostermann M, Prescott HC, Schorr C, Simpson S, Wiersinga WJ, Alshamsi F, Angus DC, Arabi Y, Azevedo L, Beale R, Beilman G, Belley-Cote E, Burry L, Cecconi M, Centofanti J, Coz Yataco A, De Waele J, Dellinger RP, Doi K, Du B, Estenssoro E, Ferrer R, Gomersall C, Hodgson C, Møller MH, Iwashyna T, Jacob S, Kleinpell R, Klompas M, Koh Y, Kumar A, Kwizera A, Lobo S, Masur H, McGloughlin S, Mehta S, Mehta Y, Mer M, Nunnally M, Oczkowski S, Osborn T, Papathanassoglou E, Perner A, Puskarich M, Roberts J, Schweickert W, Seckel M, Sevransky J, Sprung CL, Welte T, Zimmerman J, Levy M. Evans L, et al. Intensive Care Med. 2021 Nov;47(11):1181-1247. doi: 10.1007/s00134-021-06506-y. Epub 2021 Oct 2. Intensive Care Med. 2021. PMID: 34599691 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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