Norepinephrine vs. Epinephrine in AMI Cardiogenic Shock

This is one sexy pilot study about norepinephrine in cardiogenic shock. The authors here decided to take a look at norepinephrine (NE) versus epinephrine in patients with cardiogenic shock s/p MI. They didn't use dopamine as they had noted an article that I have reference here where I discussed how dopamine actually increases mortality in …

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Impella Medical Device: Using the Detroit Cardiogenic Shock Protocol

This is my first of many posts on the Impella system by Abiomed. It is going to be part of my "Cardiogenic Shock: Rise of the Machines" lecture for Portland in August 2020. I am planning on covering LVADs, RVADs, ECMO, TandemHeart, etc. in the upcoming months but one does not need to work at …

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Cardiogenic Shock: NICOM vs. Swan-Ganz Catheter

There are four types of shock: cardiogenic, distributive, obstructive, and hypovolemic. The study that I am taking apart here compared the NICOM monitor to a Swan-Ganz (Pulmonary artery) catheter in patients with cardiogenic shock. I routinely make a big deal of volume resuscitation regarding septic shock which obviously falls under the distributive shock type. Part …

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