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Pressors and Inotropes

Norepinephrine
 • alpha1 > beta 1
 • Increase SVR > Inotropy
Vasopressin
 • V1
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Pressors and Inotropes ... Increase SVR > Inotropy ... #criticalcare # ... pharmacology #comparison ... #shock #management
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 ... : Distributive shock ... #Vasopressors #Inotropes ... #comparison #table ... #pharmacology #criticalcare
Vasopressors Demystified

Shock comes in many flavors and so do vasopressors. Here’s a OnePager summarizing my approach
Demystified Shock ... Vasopressors #Basics #CriticalCare ... #Management #Pharmacology ... #Comparison #Inotropes
Shock - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Hypotension: SBP<90, SBP drop >40, MAP<65 (Normotension, HTN possible
and Management ... Summary • Hypotension ... Reversibles 3) Stabilize ... Vasopressors, Inotropes ... #Summary #criticalcare
Pulmonary Embolism - Risk Stratification and Prognostication based on scores and clinical features

 • Bova score
Hemodynamics (Stable ... , Transient Hypotension ... , Shock) Excerpted ... prognostication #diagnosis #management ... stratification #criticalcare
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
- Management Checklist ... 20 mg q6hr) - Hypotension ... Rx 4 — Consider inotrope ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology ... #Management
DETROIT CARDIOGENIC SHOCK INITIATIVE ALGORITHM

INCLUSION CRITERIA
Acute Myocardial Infarction
 Ischemic Symptoms
 EKG and/or biomarker evidence of AMI
DETROIT CARDIOGENIC SHOCK ...  Hypotension ... vasopressors or inotropes ... DCSI #Initiative #Management ... #Cardiology
Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
• They must be able ... Bradycardia & hypotension ... and asthma • Inotropes ... Stress #Testing #cardiology ... #management #diagnosis
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
heart disease • Hypertensive ... pre-eclampsia, hypertension ... Pts: cardiogenic shock ... therapy, including inotropes ... #cardiology #treatment