Esmolol administration in patients with VV ECMO: why not?

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2013 Aug;27(4):e40. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2012.12.019. Epub 2013 Jun 2.
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Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Acute Lung Injury / drug therapy
  • Acute Lung Injury / physiopathology
  • Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / therapeutic use*
  • Blood Pressure / drug effects
  • Contraindications
  • Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation*
  • Heart Rate / drug effects
  • Humans
  • Hypoxia / etiology
  • Hypoxia / therapy
  • Positive-Pressure Respiration
  • Propanolamines / therapeutic use*
  • Sepsis / complications

Substances

  • Adrenergic beta-Antagonists
  • Propanolamines
  • esmolol