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Vasopressors and Inotropes
 • Norepinephrine - Levophed - "Levo" - Generally thought of as the first
Vasopressors and Inotropes ... #Vasopressors #Inotropes ... #management #criticalcare ... #summary #comparison ... #table #pharmacology
Common Vasopressors and Inotropes
Norepinephrine (NE)
 - Indication: Distributive shock (1st line for septic shock), Cardiogenic shock
Vasopressors and Inotropes ... Bradyarrhythmias, Some cases ... #Vasopressors #Inotropes ... #comparison #table ... #pharmacology #criticalcare
Causes, classification and compensatory responses to shock.

Shock can be caused by any pathological process that leads
Shock can be caused ... The cause of shock ... is often clinically ... #Diagnosis #CriticalCare ... #Shock #Differential
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
MAP = CO x SVR
Hypovolemic (↓ Intravascular volume):
 • Hemorrhage, dehydration due
Shock - Differential ... findings based on cause ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #table ... #comparison #criticalcare
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... of lactate as a clinical ... a multitude of clinical ... vasopressors, or inotropes ... Acidosis #Elevation #Differential
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
death Common Clinical ... Inflammatory: infectious (sepsis ... management #Overview #criticalcare ... #differential # ... causes #classification
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
death Common Clinical ... Inflammatory: infectious (sepsis ... management #Overview #criticalcare ... #differential # ... causes #classification
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
essentially Cardiogenic Shock ... patients need inotrope ... the determined cause ... #diagnosis #differential ... cardiology #treatment #table
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... Differential Diagnosis ... Pts: cardiogenic shock ... support for patients clinically ... therapy, including inotropes
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
, Shock, Hypoxia ... are typically able ... treat the primary cause ... echocardiogram #management #clinical ... #criticalcare #