Key result
Levosimendan improves hemodynamics after cardiac surgery and is recommended as an adjunct to catecholamines for postcardiotomy heart failure and cardiogenic shock.
Why the study?
Does levosimendan improve hemodynamics and clinical outcomes in perioperative and critical care patients?
Population
Perioperative and critical care patients, including those undergoing cardiac surgery, with postcardiotomy…
Design
Review
Authors
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May support adjunctive use in postcardiotomy shock; leaves open confirmatory RCTs on outcomes.
Does levosimendan improve hemodynamics and clinical outcomes in perioperative and critical care patients?
Levosimendan is recommended as an adjunct to catecholamines for postcardiotomy heart failure and cardiogenic shock, and prophylactically before cardiopulmonary bypass in patients with compromised ventricular function.
Salmenperä et al. (2009) conducted a review in Perioperative and critical care patients. Levosimendan was evaluated. Levosimendan improves hemodynamics after cardiac surgery and is recommended as an adjunct to catecholamines for postcardiotomy heart failure and cardiogenic shock.
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