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Norepinephrine weaning in septic shock patients by closed loop control based on fuzzy logic

Mehdi Merouani1, Bruno Guignard2, François Vincent3, Stephen W Borron4, Philippe Karoubi3, Jean-Philippe Fosse3, Yves Cohen3, Christophe Clec'h3, Eric Vicaut5, Carole Marbeuf-Gueye6, Frederic Lapostolle1 and Frederic Adnet1*

Author Affiliations

1 Samu 93 – EA 3409, Université Paris 13, Hôpital Avicenne, Rue de Stalingrad, 93000 Bobigny, France

2 Département d'Anesthésie et de Réanimation, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Avenue Charles-de-Gaulle, 92100 Boulogne Billancourt, France

3 Service de Réanimation, Hôpital Avicenne, Rue de Stalingrad, 93000 Bobigny, France

4 Department of Surgery (Emergency Medicine), University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Medical Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA

5 Unité de Recherche Clinique, Hôpital Fernand Widal, Rue Ambroise Paré, 75475 Paris Cedex, France

6 BioMoCeTi, UMR 7033, UFR SMBH, Université Paris 13, Rue Marcel Cachin, 93000 Bobigny, France

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Critical Care 2008, 12:R155 doi:10.1186/cc7149

Published: 9 December 2008

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