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Nick Mark’s OnePager guides to critical care topics.
Vasopressors Demystified
#criticalCare #hemodynamics #vasopressors #shock
Shock comes in many flavors and so do vasopressors. Here’s a #OnePager summarizing my approach to pressors including when to start, which ones to use, how to administer them, and when to increase or wean. Includes my favorite pedagogical device for vasopressor: the pressor-speedometer from beta to alpha adrenergic effects..
Current version 1.2 (updated 2021-02-23). Also available in 🇪🇸Spanish (JPEG) & 🇩🇪 German (PDF, PNG, PPT)
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Push-dose pressors for immediate blood pressure control. Clin Exp Emerg Med. 2015
Safety of peripheral intravenous administration of vasoactive medication, J Hospital Med 2015
Management of Extravasation Injuries: A Focused Evaluation of Noncytotoxic Medications, Pharmacotherapy 2014
Methylene Blue for Distributive Shock: A Potential New Use of an Old Antidote, Journal of Medical Toxicology 2013
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Current version 1.2
updated 2021-02-23
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