Levosimendan
Maybe you've seen the vial on a drug cupboard shelf, or heard the name thrown around in ICU handover as a last-ditch Hail Mary for the patient with severe acute heart failure.
But what exactly is it and what does it do?
Should we be using it? If so, when and why?
All of your questions answered.
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Levosimendan is a drug that makes physiological sense but doesn't yet seem to have the evidence to back up its routine use at present.