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Vaptans and hyponatremia in critical patients

D’Auria, David; Zito Marinosci, Geremia; De Benedictis, Giuseppe; Piazza, Ornella (2012)

Hyponatremia is the most frequent fluid and electrolyte disorder in hospitalized patients (20%), particularly in ICU, associated with an increase in morbility and mortality. While hypovolaemic hyponatremia needs to be ...

Dopamine use in intensive care: are we ready to turn it down?

Zito Marinosci, Geremia; De Robertis, Edoardo; De Benedictis, Giuseppe; Piazza, Ornella (2012)

Dopamine is still frequently used as a first line vasopressor agent in hypotensive patients, when physicians are afraid of noradrenaline and believe that dopamine, with its β and α, inotrope and vasopressor effects, ...