Methods of using potassium channel inhibitors (blockers) for fluid resuscitation
AssigneeLoyola University of Chicago
InventorsMatthias Majetschak, Kenneth Lee Byron, Sean Patrick Nassoiy
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Abstract
Methods and pharmaceutical treatments of fluid resuscitation in which a selective potassium channel inhibitor is administered to a patient in a therapeutic amount sufficient to stabilize blood pressure and/or to reduce the amount of the resuscitation fluid otherwise required to resuscitate the patient.
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A method of fluid resuscitation using a pharmaceutical treatment comprising administering a selective potassium channel inhibitor to a patient in a therapeutic amount sufficient to stabilize blood pressure of the patient.
A pharmaceutical treatment of a patient who is hypotensive and/or hemodynamically unstable and undergoing fluid resuscitation with a resuscitation fluid, the pharmaceutical treatment comprising administering a selective Kv7 potassium channel inhibitor to the patient in a therapeutic amount sufficient to reduce the amount of the resuscitation fluid otherwise required to resuscitate the patient.
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