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Common Vasopressors and Inotropes
Norepinephrine (NE)
 - Indication: Distributive shock (1st line for septic shock), Cardiogenic shock
Vasopressors and Inotropes ... Bradyarrhythmias, Some cases ... Tachyarrhythmias, Cardiac ... #Inotropes #comparison ... #table #pharmacology
Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
Cardiac Stress Testing ... • They must be able ... production to cause ... and asthma • Inotropes ... #cardiology #management
Vasopressors Table 
Rough properties by Target Receptor, Heart Rate/Inotropy, Systemic Vascular Resistance, Cardiac Output, Blood Pressure,
Vasopressors Table ... Vascular Resistance, Cardiac ... Resistance, Main Uses ... Pharmacology #Effect #Management ... #Comparison #Inotropes
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
adult, 10 ml.kg-1 paediatric ... consider: o Cardiac ... ischaemia → 3-12 ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
exam Determine Cardiac ... history of: a) Ischemic ... postoperative cardiac ... medical and surgical management ... stratification #diagnosis
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
/crush injury, ischemia ... only if no clear cause ... Elimination (see Table ... line, stabilizes cardiac ... ileus/obstruction (ischemia
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... and timing with Cardio-OB ... Delivery • Stable ... therapy, including inotropes ... follow-up with Cardio-OB
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
patients need inotrope ... Cardiac cath if ... the determined cause ... #algorithm #management ... cardiology #treatment #table
Fluid Responsiveness and Fluid Tolerance Testing - OnePager Summary
Fluid resuscitation can be beneficial when required or
Fluid Tolerance Testing ... output causes increases ... #diagnosis #criticalcare ... #comparison #challenges ... #management
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
cardiac output. ... cannot, coronary ischemia ... treat the primary cause ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... echocardiogram #management