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STILL JUST NOTES, UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Agent | Indication | Dose | Approx for 70 kg person |
Amiodarone | |||
Diltiazem | |||
Dobutamine | To increase CO, SV in cardiogenic shock | 2.5-20 mcg/kg/min | 150 mcg / min to 1.4 mg/min |
Dopamine | |||
Epi | |||
Esmolol | |||
Labetolol | |||
Lidocaine | |||
Milrinone | |||
Nicardipine | |||
Nitroprusside | |||
Norepi | |||
Phenylephrine | |||
Procainamide | |||
Vasopressin |
Push-Dose Epi
- 1 mg into 1L NS
(or: waste 9 cc from cardiac amp, refill with saline)
- Now have 10 mcg/mL
- Give 0.5-2 mL, or 5-20 mcg, PRN
Push-dose Phenylephrine
- Draw 1 mL (comes in 10 mg/mL)
- Put into 100 mL NS
- Now have 100 mcg/mL
- 0.5-2 mL, or 50-200 mcg, PRN
Acute CHF / Cardiogenic Shock
Nitroglycerine
SL 400 mcg Q3-5 mins
Gtt 50-100 mcg/min, you can rapidly titrate to 200-400 mcg/min
(Standard nitro concentration is 200 mcg/ml. So 30 mL/hr = 100 mcg/min, 60 mL/hr = 200 mcg/min)