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Efficacy of epinephrine therapy in shock complicating pulmonary embolism
T Boulain1, R Lanotte, A Legras
1Department of Reanimation Medicale, Hopital Bretonneau, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Tours, France.
Chest
|July 1, 1993
Abstract:
A case of shock and pulmonary embolism in a 57-year-old woman is described in which hemodynamics were unresponsive both to usual therapy (volume loading, dobutamine, thrombolysis) and then to norepinephrine. Epinephrine proved to be effective, above all by strong beta 1-inotropic effect.