EFFECTS OF DOPAMINE ON KIDNEY-FUNCTION
EFFECTS OF DOPAMINE ON KIDNEY-FUNCTION
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DOI:
10.1177/00359157770700s207
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发表时间:
1977-01-01
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SCHOEPPE, W
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SCHOEPPE, W
I want to make one comment about dosage because everyone seems to be misinterpreting what I said. When I talk about a small dose of dopamine, I am talking about congestive heart failure. There I am very much afraid of increasing afterload. In a patient with shock we titrate the dose until the right pressure level is reached, until arrhythmias occur, or until the urine flow decreases. But it is essential that the dose should be titrated. I think one point that Dr Thompson made very clearly was that different patients respond to different doses. This is the same in the dog: some dogs produce vasoconstriction with a very small dose of dopamine, and some need a very large dose. I think that there is biological variability as far as receptors are concerned, and with patients in shock there are all kinds of things that vary: perhaps the muscles are not responding so well. Perhaps we can discuss this later if we have further time, since many people have asked me about this. I did not say that there is any limit on the dose of dopamine. I was merely trying to emphasize that in a patient with congestive heart failure, particularly someone who has had myocardial infarcts in the past, one has to go very slowly in order not to increase the afterload. In shock it is a differentsituation.