Heart drug combo reduces kidney damage in septic shock surgery, major trial finds

A simple adjustment to drugs given during operations for septic shock could prevent thousands of patients from suffering kidney damage, according to the results of a major trial now published in JAMA. Scientists from the University of Southampton working with experts from Zhejiang University School of Medicine in China discovered that combining the medications dobutamine and norepinephrine during surgery can significantly lower the risk of acute kidney injury.

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