RT Book, Section
A1 Hopkins, Amanda
A1 Berger, Jeffrey S.
A2 Freeman, Brian S.
A2 Berger, Jeffrey S.
SR Print(0)
ID 1102569677
T1 Inotropes
T2 Anesthesiology Core Review: Part One Basic Exam
YR 2014
FD 2014
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071821377
LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1102569677
RD 2024/04/19
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.