2015•Critical CareOpen access
Is an inotrope score a predictor of mortality and morbidity in children with septic shock?
Esra Şevketoğlu, Ayşe Berna Anıl, Selcen Yaroğlu Kazancı, Osman Yeşilbaş, Mehmet Bedir Akyol, Süleyman Bayraktar, Nejat Aksu, Sadık Sami Hatipoğlu, Metin Karaböcüoğlu
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Abstract
Inotropes and vasoactive drugs in septic shock are commonly used to maintain cardiac output, tissue perfusion and oxygenation. We undertook this study with the purpose of evaluating an inotropic score as a predictor of mortality and morbidity among children who diagnosed septic shock.