Given the high incidence and frequent occurrence of morbidity and mortality among patients with sepsis, both therapeutic processes and interventions have been intensively studied and trialed. In 2001, ...

Here are five new drug shortages and discontinuations, according to drug supply databases from the FDA and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Bumetanide injection: Several ...

Heart pump medication, also called inotropic therapy, makes an injured or weakened heart pump harder. It's used to make the heart muscle's contractions stronger. It may also speed the heart's rhythm.

A nuclear stress test uses a camera and a radioactive tracer — a small amount of a radioactive substance injected into a vein — to show how blood flows during rest and activity. Generally, it is a ...

Why has a 64-year-old man become increasingly short of breath over the past 2 weeks? That's what Sandra K. Rabat, DO, of A.T. Still University School of Osteopathic Medicine in Mesa, Arizona, and ...

Hikma is introducing dobutamine injection, in a 250 mg/20 ml vial. With this launch, Hikma’s growing U.S. portfolio of sterile injectable medicines now exceeds 150 products spanning a wide range of ...

Propranolol oral tablet is available only as a generic drug. It doesn’t have a brand-name version. Propranolol comes in four forms: oral tablet, extended-release oral capsule, oral liquid solution, ...

(UPDATED) A hastily convened collaboration between physicians, pharmacists, and industry experts has pulled together guidance for hospitals and clinicians navigating the US dobutamine shortage that ...

A scarcity of dobutamine is starting to hit home for cardiologists, surgeons, and patients around the United States, catching some hospitals off guard despite warnings for months that supplies were ...