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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
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
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
Pressors and Inotropes

Norepinephrine
 • alpha1 > beta 1
 • Increase SVR > Inotropy
Vasopressin
 • V1
 •
Pressors and Inotropes ... Increase SVR > Inotropy ... 2, alpha 1 • Inotropy ... inhibitor • Inotropy ... pharmacology #comparison #shock
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
Vasopressors - Charted by Vasoconstriction, Vasodilation, and Inotropy
 - Dobutamine
 - Milrinone 
 - Vasopressin
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Vasodilation, and Inotropy ... #Vasodilation #Inotropy ... Pharmacology #Visual #Inotropes
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
Inotropic agents in current use for the treatment of heart failure 
#heartfailure
#cardiology
#ionotropes
#epinephrine #norepinephrine #dopamine #dobutamine
Inotropic agents ... #cardiology #ionotropes
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... Pts: cardiogenic shock ... therapy, including 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