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Norepinephrine or Epinephrine in Cardiogenic Shock: Is One Better?

Which should be the first-line vasopressor between norepinephrine and epinephrine in cardiogenic shock?Your patient had an MI and is now in cardiogenic shock.They are hypotensive and need a vasopressor.To clarify, The Crit Doc of Tik Tok aka CriticalCareNow aka Haney Mallemat likes epinephrine as an inotrope, not a vasopressor.This was a pilot study, meaning that …

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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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