An intensivist on a learning frenzy. Caring for the critically ill using evidence-based medicine.
There are numerous methodologies that we can utilize to determine fluid responsiveness in our critically ill patients in the emergency department or in the intensive care unit. In this post, I will be taking a deep dive into pulse pressure variation, PPV as the shorthand. For details about the other methods for determining fluid responsiveness, …
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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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