Journal of clinical anesthesia
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Case Reports
The response to methylene blue in patients with severe hypotension during liver transplantation.
Methylene blue is a useful therapy for catecholamine-resistant vasoplegic shock. Three cases of methylene blue administration for the treatment of catecholamine-resistant hypotension during orthotopic liver transplantation are presented.
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Case Reports
Treatment of refractory intracranial hypertension with 23.4% saline in children with severe traumatic brain injury.
The safety and efficacy of osmotic therapy with mannitol and 3% saline in the pediatric head-injured population has been widely reported; the use of 23.4% saline in children for the treatment of refractory intracranial hypertension has not. The clinical and physiologic responses of multiple 23.4% saline boluses in two children with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) are presented. No complications were associated with the use of 23.4% saline in either patient.
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Letter Case Reports
Pseudohyperkalemia in the setting of chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
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Letter Case Reports
Noninvasive removal of an entrapped supraclavicular catheter.