ICU Physiology in 1000 Words: Phenylephrine Pushes & Stroke Volume
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Jon-Emile S. Kenny MD [@heart_lung] About a decade ago, a handful of terrific reviews and investigations about phenylephrine – an alpha1 agonist – were published [1-3]. While this vasoactive medication might be thought only to ‘increase afterload,’ phenylephrine’s hemodynamic effects are knotty and noteworthy. Therefore, this dedicated dispatch delineates the difficulties encountered when predicting the hemodynamics of a phenylephrine
ICU Physiology in 1000 Words: Phenylephrine Pushes & Stroke Volume
ICU Physiology in 1000 Words: Phenylephrine…
ICU Physiology in 1000 Words: Phenylephrine Pushes & Stroke Volume
Jon-Emile S. Kenny MD [@heart_lung] About a decade ago, a handful of terrific reviews and investigations about phenylephrine – an alpha1 agonist – were published [1-3]. While this vasoactive medication might be thought only to ‘increase afterload,’ phenylephrine’s hemodynamic effects are knotty and noteworthy. Therefore, this dedicated dispatch delineates the difficulties encountered when predicting the hemodynamics of a phenylephrine