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Permissive hypotension during shock resuscitation: equipoise in all patients?

Intensive Care Medicine volume 44, pages 87–90 (2018)Cite this article

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  1. Centre de recherche du CHU de Sherbrooke and Department of Medicine, Université de Sherbrooke, 3001 12e avenue Nord, Sherbrooke, PQ, J1H 5N4, Canada

    Francois Lamontagne

  2. Department of Surgery and Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

    John C. Marshall

  3. Department of Critical Care Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

    Neill K. J. Adhikari

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Lamontagne, F., Marshall, J.C. & Adhikari, N.K.J. Permissive hypotension during shock resuscitation: equipoise in all patients?. Intensive Care Med 44, 87–90 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-017-4849-2

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Keywords

  • Permissive Hypotension
  • Vasodilatory Hypotension
  • Normal Baseline Blood Pressure
  • Unstressed Blood Volume
  • Poor Diagnostic Test