Method of treating low blood pressure
AssigneeThe George Washington University a Congressionally Chartered Not-for-Profit Corporation
InventorLakhmir Chawla
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
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.
Claims28
A method of treating a human patient suffering from refractory hypotension, comprising administering angiotensin II to the patient at a rate of about 5 ng/kg/min to about 10 ng/kg/min while the patient is receiving a vasopressor, wherein the vasopressor is vasopressin or a catecholamine.
A method of treating a human patient suffering from refractory hypotension, comprising administering angiotensin II to the patient at a rate of about 5 ng/kg/min to about 20 ng/kg/min while the patient is receiving a vasopressor, wherein the vasopressor is vasopressin or a catecholamine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.