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Vasopressors and Inotropes - Pharmacology Summary
Vasopressors
Phenylephrine (alpha-1)
 • Increases BP, SVR
 • Risk of reflex bradycardia
Vasopressors and Inotropes ... first agent in shock ... • Higher doses cause ... line in septic shock ... cAMP/cGMP • Causes
Clinical Management for Three Common Causes of Shock 
HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK
 • Ensure adequate ventilation and oxygenation.
for Three Common Causes ... of Shock HEMORRHAGIC ... SHOCK • Ensure ... CARDIOGENIC SHOCK ... vasopressor or inotropic
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
undifferentiated shock ... is in impending shock ... ill patient with shock ... perfusion - shock ... vasopressors, or inotropes
Pressors and Inotropes

Norepinephrine
 • alpha1 > beta 1
 • Increase SVR > Inotropy
Vasopressin
 • V1
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Pressors and Inotropes ... Increase SVR > Inotropy ... 2, alpha 1 • Inotropy ... inhibitor • Inotropy ... pharmacology #comparison #shock
Vasopressors - Charted by Vasoconstriction, Vasodilation, and Inotropy
 - Dobutamine
 - Milrinone 
 - Vasopressin
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Vasodilation, and Inotropy ... #Vasodilation #Inotropy ... Pharmacology #Visual #Inotropes
Common Vasopressors and Inotropes
Norepinephrine (NE)
 - Indication: Distributive shock (1st line for septic shock), Cardiogenic shock
Vasopressors and Inotropes ... : Distributive shock ... , Shock where ↑ ... Bradyarrhythmias, Some cases ... #Vasopressors #Inotropes
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
Causes, classification and compensatory responses to shock.

Shock can be caused by any pathological process that leads
Causes, classification ... compensatory responses to shock ... Shock can be caused ... The cause of shock ... #Differential #Causes
Vasopressors and Inotropes
 • Norepinephrine - Levophed - "Levo" - Generally thought of as the first
Vasopressors and Inotropes ... pressor added in shock ... in refractory shock ... in setting of shock ... #Vasopressors #Inotropes
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... Pts: cardiogenic shock ... therapy, including inotropes