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Epidurals for Coarctation Repair in Children Are Associated with Decreased Postoperative Anti-Hypertensive Infusion Requirement as Measured by a Novel Parameter, the Anti-Hypertensive Dosing Index (ADI)

Background: Sympathetically-associated hypertension after coarctation repair is a common problem often requiring anti-hypertensive infusions in an intensive care unit. Epidurals suppress sympathetic output and can reduce blood pressure but have not been studied following coarctation repair in childr...

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Autores principales: Kynes, J. Matthew, Shotwell, Matthew S., Walters, Camila B., Bichell, David P., Christensen, Jason T., Hays, Stephen R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6826390/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31658735
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children6100112