Symmetrical Peripheral Gangrene associated to norepinephrine in a patient with urosepsis due to Escherichia coli

Background: symmetrical peripheral gangrene is a devastating complication associated with norepinephrine use in critically ill patients, characterized for ischemia of acral distribution in absence of large vessel obstruction. Objective: to underscore the relevance of a rare complication to a medica...

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Main Authors: Omar Fernando Bolaños Toro, Lina María Saldarriaga Rivera, Julián Eduardo Forero Gómez, John Alexander Alzate Piedrahita
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Camagüey 2018-06-01
Series:Archivo Médico de Camagüey
Online Access:http://www.revistaamc.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/5597