Effect of Small-Dose Dopamine on Mesenteric Blood Flow and Renal Function in a Pig Model of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation with Vasopressin

Abstract

Long-term survival after cardiac arrest may be determined by the ability to ensure adequate organ perfusion during cardiopulmonary resuscitation and in the postresuscitation phase. In this regard, small-dose dopamine improved postresuscitation blood flow to the mesenteric bed when vasopressin was used as an alternative vasopressor in an animal model of cardiac arrest.