Levosimendan in severe sepsis and septic shock

Date First Published:

February 8, 2014

Last Updated:

February 8, 2014

Report by:

Jonathon Coates, Senior Registrar in Emergency Medicine and Critical Care (Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth)

Search checked by:

Steve Mathieu, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth

Three-Part Question:

In [adults with septic where myocardial depression is considered to be a significant causative factor] does [levosimendan] [improve outcome]?