Open AccessAssociation Between Early Administration of Norepinephrine in Septic Shock and Survival
Author(s) -
Mohammed Alshahrani,
Rawan Alatigue
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
open access emergency medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.408
H-Index - 14
ISSN - 1179-1500
DOI - 10.2147/oaem.s298315
Subject(s) - septic shock , norepinephrine , medicine , association (psychology) , administration (probate law) , shock (circulatory) , anesthesia , sepsis , psychology , political science , law , psychotherapist , dopamine
Septic shock still carries a high mortality rate despite all advances in emergency and critical care practices. Early interventions have been proven in many aspects to improve outcome. However, early administration of vasopressors namely norepinephrine in septic shock is still controversial.