Maximizing Oxygen Delivery in High-Risk Surgical Patients

1997 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 714-715 ◽  
Author(s):  
William C. Shoemaker ◽  
Howard Belzberg
Critical Care ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzana M Lobo ◽  
Francisco R Lobo ◽  
Carlos A Polachini ◽  
Daniela S Patini ◽  
Adriana E Yamamoto ◽  
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1997 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. F. Guest ◽  
O. Boyd ◽  
W. M. Hart ◽  
R. M. Grounds ◽  
E. D. Bennett

This case focuses on increasing the amount of oxygen delivered to the surgical patient during the perioperative period by asking the question: Does the deliberate increase in oxygen delivery with the use of perioperative dopexamine reduce mortality and morbidity in high-risk surgical patients? Dopexamine is a dopamine analogue that produces peripheral vasodilation and an increase in cardiac index without significant increases in myocardial oxygen consumption. High-risk surgical patients were randomized to control or protocol limbs of the study. This randomized controlled study demonstrated a significant reduction in mortality and morbidity when dopexamine was used to increase oxygen delivery during the perioperative period in high-risk surgical patients.


2009 ◽  
pp. 654-664
Author(s):  
S. M. Lobo ◽  
E. Rezende ◽  
F. Suparregui Dias

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