Why the study?
Does dopexamine increase oxygen delivery more effectively than dobutamine in high-risk surgical patients?
Population
16 preoperative high-risk surgical patients
Comparison
Dopexamine infusion titrated to a stable dose… vs Dobutamine infusion titrated to the same stable…
Design
RCT, Randomly allocated
Follow-up
Peri-operative
Authors
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Dopexamine increases oxygen delivery more effectively than dobutamine in high-risk surgical patients; extends RCT evidence guiding perioperative inotrope selection.
Does dopexamine increase oxygen delivery more effectively than dobutamine in high-risk surgical patients?
Dopexamine allows for greater increases in oxygen delivery than dobutamine in high-risk surgical patients due to fewer dose-limiting cardiac side effects.
Boyd et al. (1995) studied this question.
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