[Use of dopamin (hydroxytyramine) in urosepsis of septic shock (author's transl)].

Gram negative sepsis is still a very serious disease with a very high mortality. The effect of Hydroxytyramine was tested in ten patients with urosepsis. Hydroxytyramine had a specific beneficial on the renal function during shock and eight of ten patients with severe urosepsis survived. The additional use of hydroxytyramine in the treatment of urosepsis seems to improve the prognosis of this life threatening condition.