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Document Type : Article In Journal 
Document Title :
Reduction of vasopressor requirement by hydrocortisone administration in a patient with cerebral vasospasm.
Reduction of vasopressor requirement by hydrocortisone administration in a patient with cerebral vasospasm.
 
Document Language : English 
Abstract : Alhashemi JA. Division of Critical Care Medicine, London Health Sciences Centre, University of Western Ontario, Canada. A 67-yr-old female received hypertensive, hypervolaemic treatment for cerebral vasospasm after severe subarachnoid haemorrhage. After 3 days of continuous vasopressor infusion and despite adequate hydration and normal cardiac function, the phenylephrine dose had to be increased to obtain the same systolic blood pressure. This tachyphylaxis to phenylephrine infusion was probably caused by down-regulation of alpha adrenoceptors, and was reversed by giving i.v. hydrocortisone. PMID: 11575393 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 
ISSN : 11575393 
Journal Name : Br J Anaesth 
Volume : 86 
Issue Number : 1 
Publishing Year : 2001 AH
2001 AD 
Article Type : Article 
Added Date : Sunday, March 21, 2010 

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جمال الهاشميAlhashemi, Jamal ResearcherDoctorate 

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