Intermittent, continuous outpatient dobutamine infusion in the management of congestive heart failure

The use of outpatient dobutamine infusions by a small, portable infusion pump in 3 patients with intractable congestive heart failure (CHF) is described. With this therapy left ventricular function improved and CHF resolved in each. Tolerance to dobutamine was obviated by giving infusions twice week...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The American journal of cardiology 1983-02, Vol.51 (3), p.455-458
Hauptverfasser:	Applefeld, Mark M., Newman, Kathryn A., Grove, William R., Sutton, Frederick J., Roffman, David S., Reed, William P., Linberg, Steven E.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Catecholamines - administration & dosage Catheterization - adverse effects Catheterization - instrumentation Dobutamine - administration & dosage Dobutamine - therapeutic use Drug Tolerance Female Heart Failure - drug therapy Humans Infusions, Parenteral Male Middle Aged Outpatient Clinics, Hospital Quality of Life Stroke Volume - drug effects Time Factors
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Zusammenfassung:	The use of outpatient dobutamine infusions by a small, portable infusion pump in 3 patients with intractable congestive heart failure (CHF) is described. With this therapy left ventricular function improved and CHF resolved in each. Tolerance to dobutamine was obviated by giving infusions twice weekly. Except for 3 mild infections around the catheter exit site, there have been no complications of this therapy in 58 cumulative patient weeks.
ISSN:	0002-9149 1879-1913
DOI:	10.1016/S0002-9149(83)80079-4