An intensivist on a learning frenzy. Caring for the critically ill using evidence-based medicine.
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 …
Continue reading Norepinephrine vs. Epinephrine in AMI Cardiogenic Shock
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 …
Continue reading Impella Medical Device: Using the Detroit Cardiogenic Shock Protocol
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 …
Continue reading Cardiogenic Shock: NICOM vs. Swan-Ganz Catheter
