TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Inotropes A1 - Hopkins, Amanda A1 - Berger, Jeffrey S. A2 - Freeman, Brian S. A2 - Berger, Jeffrey S. Y1 - 2014 N1 - T2 - Anesthesiology Core Review: Part One Basic Exam AB - Inotropes are agents that affect cardiac contractility. Positive inotropes, or inotropes that increase contractility, augment cardiac output, thereby enhancing end-organ perfusion. The pharmacology of inotropes varies not only with drug class, but also with drug dosage. Inotropic therapy routinely treats a wide variety of cardiovascular disease processes, including cardiogenic shock complicating acute myocardial infarction, acute decompensated heart failure, cardiopulmonary arrest, right ventricular infarction, and bradyarrhythmias. In perioperative medicine, inotropes frequently support patients with low cardiac output syndrome while weaning from cardiopulmonary bypass and during recovery. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/19 UR - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1102569677 ER -