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Clinician's Pocket Guide to Vasopressors - Receptor Profiles and Hemodynamic Parameters
 • Systemic Vascular Resistance -
Pocket Guide to Vasopressors ... - Receptor Profiles ... Circulatory pressure • Inotropy ... comparison #table #receptors ... #inotropes
Receptor actions of sympathomimetic and dopaminergic agents.
Adrenaline (epinephrine) 
Noradrenaline (norepinephrine) 
Isoprenaline 
Dopamine 
Dopexamine 
Dobutamine 

#Pharmacology #Vasopressors
Receptor actions ... #Pharmacology #Vasopressors ... #Receptors #Targets ... Dopamine #Comparison #Inotropes
Vasopressors and Inotropes - Pharmacology Summary
Vasopressors
Phenylephrine (alpha-1)
 • Increases BP, SVR
 • Risk of reflex bradycardia
Vasopressors and ... Summary Vasopressors ... • Higher doses cause ... Dose dependent receptor ... cAMP/cGMP • Causes
Vasopressors Table 
Rough properties by Target Receptor, Heart Rate/Inotropy, Systemic Vascular Resistance, Cardiac Output, Blood Pressure,
Vasopressors Table ... properties by Target Receptor ... , Heart Rate/Inotropy ... Resistance, Main Uses ... Management #Comparison #Inotropes
Occult Causes of Non-Response to Vasopressors

vital disclaimer: the cognitive response to hypotension should not be reaching
Occult Causes of ... Non-Response to Vasopressors ... toxicologic - 2nd cause ... shock #Diagnosis ... #Differential #Causes
Summary of the therapeutic uses of adrenergic agonists
Table of Catecholamine Pressors, Non-Catecholamines, Alpha and Beta Receptor
the therapeutic uses ... Alpha and Beta Receptor ... and Therapeutic Uses ... #Pharmacology #Vasopressors ... NonCatecholamines #Receptors
Common Vasopressors and Inotropes
Norepinephrine (NE)
 - Indication: Distributive shock (1st line for septic shock), Cardiogenic shock
Common Vasopressors ... and Inotropes Norepinephrine ... Peripheral ischemia Vasopressin ... Bradyarrhythmias, Some cases ... #Inotropes #comparison
Hypotension in Anesthesiology - Differential Diagnosis and Management 

Initial checklist: 
 - Verify BP (e.g. surgeon
- Differential Diagnosis ... - Administer inotropes ... / vasopressors? ... epinephrine / vasopressin ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Hyponatremia Diagnosis Algorithm
UOsm ≥ POsm - Vasopressin-Dependent
 • UNa < 20 mEq/L - Appropriate (↓ EABV)
Hyponatremia Diagnosis ... Algorithm UOsm ... ≥ POsm - Vasopressin-Dependent ... #hyponatremia #diagnosis ... #causes #nephrology
Common Medications Known to Prolong QTc
Antiarrhythmics - Amiodarone, sotalol, flecainide, quinidine, dronedarone, dofetilide
Vasopressors/inotropes - Epinephrine, norepinephrine,
dronedarone, dofetilide Vasopressors ... /inotropes - Epinephrine ... #Medications #Causes ... #differential #diagnosis