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Vasopressors Demystified

Shock comes in many flavors and so do vasopressors. Here’s a OnePager summarizing my approach
pressor pedagogical device ... Vasopressors #Basics #CriticalCare ... #Management #Pharmacology ... #Comparison #Inotropes
Vasopressors Table 
Rough properties by Target Receptor, Heart Rate/Inotropy, Systemic Vascular Resistance, Cardiac Output, Blood Pressure,
Receptor, Heart Rate/Inotropy ... Blood Pressure, Pulmonary ... Resistance, Main Uses, Peripheral ... Pharmacology #Effect #Management ... #Comparison #Inotropes
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
Cardiogenic Shock - Management ... Checklist Evaluation ... Rx 4 — Consider inotrope ... considered a weak inotropic ... Organ failure — device
Endocarditis checklist
Initial evaluation
 • Peripheral blood cultures (three sets at three different sites)
 • Additional culture
Endocarditis checklist ... evaluation • Peripheral ... endocarditis w/ septic pulmonary ... #criticalcare # ... diagnosis #management
Shock - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Hypotension: SBP<90, SBP drop >40, MAP<65 (Normotension, HTN possible
Diagnosis and Management ... bore (18-gauge) peripheral ... Tamponade - Pulmonary ... Vasopressors, Inotropes ... #Summary #criticalcare
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
Orthopnea/PND and Peripheral ... with presence of pulmonary ... patients need inotrope ... differential #algorithm #management ... heartfailure #chf #criticalcare