“Ten tips to optimize #vasopressors use in the critically ill patient with #hypotension.” #IntensiveCare #MedTwitter #CardioTwitter #sepsis #FOAMed #FOAMcc #CriticalCare #EmergencyMedicine #PedsICU #ICU #EMCCM
📚 Intensive Care Med (2022) 48:736–739 rdcu.be/c57Se
📚 Intensive Care Med (2022) 48:736–739 rdcu.be/c57Se
1. Set goals of mean or diastolic blood pressures.
2. Individualize the arterial pressure targets goals.
3. Vasopressors induce an endogenous fluid recruitment and may limit positive fluid balance.
4. Reassess fluid status and cardiac output after initiation of vasopressors
2. Individualize the arterial pressure targets goals.
3. Vasopressors induce an endogenous fluid recruitment and may limit positive fluid balance.
4. Reassess fluid status and cardiac output after initiation of vasopressors
5. Consider agents with a different mechanism of action as a second line agent.
6. Consider adding hydrocortisone in patients on high doses of vasopressors.
7. Vasopressin is an option in patients with right ventricular failure.
8. There is no maximal dose of vasopressors.
6. Consider adding hydrocortisone in patients on high doses of vasopressors.
7. Vasopressin is an option in patients with right ventricular failure.
8. There is no maximal dose of vasopressors.
9. Enteral tube feeding can be initiated while under vasopressors.
10. #Vasopressors can be safely administered through a peripheral catheter.
📚Intensive Care Med (2022) 48:736–739.
✍️ Matthieu Legrand & Alexander Zarbock. #FOAMcc #FOAMed #MedEd #IntensiveCare #CriticalCare
10. #Vasopressors can be safely administered through a peripheral catheter.
📚Intensive Care Med (2022) 48:736–739.
✍️ Matthieu Legrand & Alexander Zarbock. #FOAMcc #FOAMed #MedEd #IntensiveCare #CriticalCare
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