Levosimendan in paediatric cardiac anaesthesiology: A systematic review and meta-analysis

CONCLUSION The prophylactic use of levosimendan in children undergoing cardiac surgery reduced the incidence of LCOS and increased cardiac index compared with other inotropes or placebo. This effect did not translate into an improvement of other clinical endpoints.
Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Pediatrics Source Type: research