Methylene Blue in Refractory Shock

Many patients suffer shock in intensive care units (ICU). The majority of the patients with shock respond to standard treatment with vasopressors in addition to the treatment of underlying etiology. Some may not respond to vasopressors and have high mortality. To those patients who do not respond, m...

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Autores principales: Chalise, Som N, Sahib, Taaliba A, Boyer, Gregory A, Pathak, Vikas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9728991/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36505110
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.31158
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author Chalise, Som N
Sahib, Taaliba A
Boyer, Gregory A
Pathak, Vikas
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description Many patients suffer shock in intensive care units (ICU). The majority of the patients with shock respond to standard treatment with vasopressors in addition to the treatment of underlying etiology. Some may not respond to vasopressors and have high mortality. To those patients who do not respond, methylene blue has been used in the past with some success. We present a case report on the use of methylene blue along with a brief literature review.
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spelling pubmed-97289912022-12-08 Methylene Blue in Refractory Shock Chalise, Som N Sahib, Taaliba A Boyer, Gregory A Pathak, Vikas Cureus Emergency Medicine Many patients suffer shock in intensive care units (ICU). The majority of the patients with shock respond to standard treatment with vasopressors in addition to the treatment of underlying etiology. Some may not respond to vasopressors and have high mortality. To those patients who do not respond, methylene blue has been used in the past with some success. We present a case report on the use of methylene blue along with a brief literature review. Cureus 2022-11-06 /pmc/articles/PMC9728991/ /pubmed/36505110 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.31158 Text en Copyright © 2022, Chalise et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Emergency Medicine
Chalise, Som N
Sahib, Taaliba A
Boyer, Gregory A
Pathak, Vikas
Methylene Blue in Refractory Shock
title Methylene Blue in Refractory Shock
title_full Methylene Blue in Refractory Shock
title_fullStr Methylene Blue in Refractory Shock
title_full_unstemmed Methylene Blue in Refractory Shock
title_short Methylene Blue in Refractory Shock
title_sort methylene blue in refractory shock
topic Emergency Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9728991/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36505110
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.31158
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