Table 1.

Patient characteristics

Characteristic	n
Patients	11
Cardiogenic shock	3
Septic shock/distributive shock	4
Acute respiratory distress syndrome	4
Therapies
Norepinephrine	7 (8, 2 to 20)
Dobutamine	4 (5, 5 to 8)
Mechanical ventilation	5
Hemofiltration	2

Data in parentheses represent maximal dose, range (μg/minute for norepinephrine and μg/kg.min for dobutamine).