Critical care medicine
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Critical care medicine · Mar 2009
Lipid emulsion is superior to vasopressin in a rodent model of resuscitation from toxin-induced cardiac arrest.
Lipid emulsion infusion is an emerging antidotal therapy for toxin-induced cardiac arrest. To compare the efficacy of resuscitation from bupivacaine-induced asystole using lipid emulsion infusion vs. vasopressin, alone and with epinephrine. ⋯ Lipid emulsion in this rat model provides superior hemodynamic and metabolic recovery from bupivacaine-induced cardiac arrest than do vasopressors. Systolic pressure was not a useful metric in the vasopressor groups. Vasopressin was associated with adverse outcomes.
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Critical care medicine · Mar 2009
Comment Letter Comparative StudyEvaluation of 30-day mortality of levosimendan versus enoximone.
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Critical care medicine · Mar 2009
Editorial CommentVasopressin plus corticosteroids: the shock duo!