IN the last decade many investigators have demonstrated that the administration of vasopressor drugs may terminate paroxysmal supraventricular and ventricular tachycardia. 1–11 However, it is only ...

Time to vasopressor initiation from the first hypotensive episode was not significantly associated with 90-day mortality or vasopressor-free days in patients with septic shock, according to a new ...

A recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that short-term vasopressor use via ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- For sepsis-induced hypotension, a restrictive fluid strategy with earlier vasopressor use didn't impact mortality compared with liberal fluids, the CLOVERS trial showed. The ...

In sepsis patients who require high-dose vasopressors, despite keeping central venous pressure (CVP) in the range of 12-15 mmHg, how do you prevent acute renal failure? High doses of norepinephrine ...

Results of an Electronic Health Record (EHR) study assessing the most commonly used medications for raising blood pressure in patients with nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), a rare type of ...

Postoperative AKI is more likely among surgery patients who experience intraoperative hypotension as well as those receiving the vasopressor norepinephrine. Both intraoperative hypotension and ...

Despite advancements in sepsis management, mortality rates remain high. In 2011, 1 in 18 deaths in Canada involved sepsis.1 Delays in achieving adequate mean arterial pressure (MAP) are associated ...

A full consensus has not been reached about the hemodynamic efficacy of hydrocortisone administration in hypotensive and vasopressor-dependent preterm neonates. Standard meta-analytic techniques, ...

For patients with in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA), adding a vasopressor and steroid shortly after epinephrine improves return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC), according to the randomized VAM-IHCA ...

THE determination of angiotensin by the method of Morris and Robinson 1 involves precipitation of blood with ethanol, desalting with absolute methanol, precipitation with dry ether, and assay on rats' ...

ORLANDO -- Only about a quarter of intensive care unit (ICU) patients with septic shock were given corticosteroids, and this varied widely by physician and ICU, according to a retrospective cohort ...