Method of treating low blood pressure
AssigneeThe George Washington University a Congressionally Chartered Not-for-Profit Corporation
InventorLakhmir Chawla
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Abstract
A method for treating a patient suffering from one of septic shock, acute kidney injury, severe hypotension, cardiac arrest, and refractory hypotension, but not from myocardial infarction, is provided. The method includes administering a therapeutically effective dose of Angiotensin II, or Ang II, to the patient.
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A method of treating low blood pressure in a human patient suffering from acute kidney injury, refractory hypotension or severe hypotension, comprising administering angiotensin II to the patient at an initial rate from about 5 ng/kg/min to about 20 ng/kg/min.
A method of treating low blood pressure in a human patient suffering from acute kidney injury, refractory hypotension or severe hypotension, comprising administering angiotensin II to the patient at an initial rate from about 5 ng/kg/min to about 20 ng/kg/min;
- wherein the method further comprises titrating the rate up, and wherein the angiotensin II is administered to the patient over a period of about 0.25 hours to about 120 hours.
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