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Temporal Trends and Clinical Outcomes Associated with Vasopressor and Inotrope Use in The Cardiac Intensive Care Unit

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JJJacob C. JentzerBWBrandon M. WileyCBCourtney Bennett

Key Points

  • The aim is to examine the association between vasoactive drug use and short-term mortality in cardiac intensive care unit (CICU) patients.
  • Analyzed data on vasoactive drug administration in the CICU.

Structured PICO

Does norepinephrine reduce short-term mortality in CICU patients compared to other vasoactive drugs?

P
Population
Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) patients
I
Intervention
Norepinephrine
C
Comparator
Other vasoactive drugs
O
Outcome
Short-term mortalityhard clinical

In CICU patients requiring vasoactive support, norepinephrine is associated with lower short-term mortality compared to other vasoactive agents.

Abstract

Vasoactive drug use in CICU patients has a dose-dependent association with short-term mortality. Use of norepinephrine in CICU patients is associated with decreased odds of death when compared with other vasoactive drugs.

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Jentzer et al. (2019) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69dc37144f901957bec0fd55https://doi.org/10.1097/shk.0000000000001390
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