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. 2024 Apr;50(4):587-589.
doi: 10.1007/s00134-024-07374-y. Epub 2024 Mar 18.

Knowing the ropes of vasopressor dosing: a focus on norepinephrine

Eduardo Kattan  1 , Miguel Ibarra-Estrada  2 , Christian Jung  3   4
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Knowing the ropes of vasopressor dosing: a focus on norepinephrine

Eduardo Kattan et al. Intensive Care Med. 2024 Apr.
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Cardiovascular effects of norepinephrine. *Anrep effect: autoregulatory mechanism consisting of an increase in myocardial contractility and stroke volume due to sustained afterload-induced myocardial stretching. CPP coronary perfusion pressure, MSFP mean systemic filling pressure, P pressure, V volume, CO cardiac output, MAP mean arterial pressure
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