Management strategies for patients with pulmonary hypertension in the intensive care unit.
Abstract | OBJECTIVE: DATA SOURCES AND EXTRACTION: We undertook a comprehensive review of the literature regarding the management of pulmonary hypertension in the setting of critical illness. We performed a MEDLINE search of articles published from January 1970 to March 2007. Medical subject headings and keywords searched and cross-referenced with each other were: pulmonary hypertension, vasopressor agents, therapeutics, critical illness, intensive care, right ventricular failure, mitral stenosis, prostacyclin, nitric oxide, sildenafil, dopamine, dobutamine, phenylephrine, isoproterenol, and vasopressin. Both human and animal studies related to pulmonary hypertension were reviewed. CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | Roham T Zamanian, Francois Haddad, Ramona L Doyle, Ann B Weinacker |
Journal | Critical care medicine
(Crit Care Med)
Vol. 35
Issue 9
Pg. 2037-50
(Sep 2007)
ISSN: 0090-3493 [Print] United States |
PMID | 17855818
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Review)
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Chemical References |
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Topics |
- Critical Care
- Critical Illness
- Female
- Humans
- Hypertension, Pulmonary
(diagnosis, etiology, physiopathology, therapy)
- Pregnancy
- Pregnancy Complications
- Respiration, Artificial
- Vasodilator Agents
(therapeutic use)
- Ventricular Dysfunction, Right
(therapy)
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