The presentation introduces commonly used interpose and vasopressors; their classification; and how to choose the drug in ICU. Clinical scenarios - cariogenic shock; neurocritical care; septic shock and anaphylactic shock are elaborated.
16. inotropes vasopressors
Rationale of choice
Inotrope Rx
Increase
Cardiac Output
To determine whether CO is adequate in patients
with shock is a thorny problem.
17. inotropes vasopressors
Hypotension – reduced perfusion
pressure
Abnormal shunting of blood flow
within organs
Cellular alterations – inability to
use delivered substrates
Down-regulation of adrenergic
receptors
23. inotropes vasopressors
SBP
70-100mmHgNo S/S of Shock S/S of Shock +
Moderate doses of these agents maximize inotropy and avoid
excessive α1-adrenergic stimulation that can result in end-organ
ischemia.
24. inotropes vasopressors
SBP <70 mmHg;
Inadequate response to medium dose DOPAMINE or DOPAMINE/DOBUT
+ antithrombotic effects
25. inotropes vasopressors
SBP <70 mmHg;
Inadequate response to medium dose DOPAMINE or DOPAMINE/DOBUT
Promote thrombosis in
coronary vasculature
Exacerbate lactic acidosis
29. inotropes vasopressors
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After 2hrs of resuscitation of TBI, phenylephrine or arginine vasopressin was
titrated to cerebral perfusion pressure >70 mm Hg (randomized and blinded) plus
normal saline to maintain filling pressure >12 mm Hg plus glucose to maintain
normoglycemia.
Vasopressin Phenylephrine
ICP
Brain tissue PO2
Peripheral tissue PO2
+10mmHg
+6mmHg
+10%
30. inotropes vasopressors
Surviving Sepsis Campaign: International guidelines for management of
severe sepsis and septic shock. Intensive Care Med 2013; 39(2): 165-228
and Crit Care Med 2013; 41(2): 580- 637
32. inotropes vasopressors
• Improves systemic blood pressure
• Does not substantially worsen end-organ ischemia in
most studies of crystalloid-resuscitated septic shock
patients
• Equivalent efficacy in increasing mean arterial
pressure, oxygen consumption, and oxygen delivery
compared with other catecholamine pressors
• Gastric pH has been observed to increase (not
decrease)
33. inotropes vasopressors
• Epinephrine is added to and potentially
substituted for NE when an additional agent is
needed to maintain adequate MAP
• DOPAMINE is an alternative agent to NE only
in highly selected patients (eg, patients with
low risk of tachyarrhythmias and absolute or
relative bradycardia)
34. inotropes vasopressors
• NOT recommended in the Rx of shock except:
a) NE associated with serious arrhythmias
b) CO is known to be high and BP persistently low
c) As salvage Rx when combined
inotrope/vasopressor drugs and low dose
vasopressin have failed to achieve MAP target
35. inotropes vasopressors
• VP 0.03U/min can be added to NE with intent of
either raising MAP or decreasing NE dosage
• Low dose VP is NOT recommended as the single
initial vasopressor
• VP doses higher than 0.03-0.04U/min should be
reserved for salvage Rx
36. inotropes vasopressors
• 778 patients with septic shock randomly assigned to either low dose vasopressin (0.01 to
0.03 units per minute) norepinephrine (5 to 15 mcg per minute)
• similar 28-day and 90-day mortality rates, similar incidence of serious adverse events
VasopressinandSepticShockTrial(VASST)
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Presneill JJ, Ayers D, VASST Investigators. Vasopressin versus norepinephrine infusion in patients with septic shock. N Engl J
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37. inotropes vasopressors
• Annane et al, Lancet 2007; 370: 676–84, 330 patients with septic shock in French ICU’s
• Titrated to maintain MAP at 70mmHg, Primary outcome 28 day mortality
42. inotropes vasopressors
Drug Mechanism Action
Enoximone,
milrinone
Phosphodiesterase III (PDE III)
inhibitor, prevent hydrolysis of
intracellular cyclic AMP,
augmenting its effects. Many
isoenzymes of
phosphodiesterase – PDE III is
the target for inotropic actions
Increased cardiac
contractility and stroke
volume, vasodilatation
Levosimendan Calcium sensitizer. Increases
the sensitivity of myocardial
troponin to intracellular
calcium, possible inhibition of
PDE III
Increased cardiac
contractility without
increasing myocardial
oxygen demand, effect
on mortality unclear
Vasopressin Endogenous hormone, also
called antidiuretic hormone, V1
receptor activity in vascular
smooth muscle increasing
intracellular calcium
Vasoconstriction
increasing systemic
vascular resistance and
blood pressure
Trend towards increased survival however not significant
At day 28, there were 64 (40%) deaths in the epinephrine group and 58 (34%) deaths in the norepinephrine plus dobutamine group (p=0·31; relative risk 0·86, 95% CI 0·65–1·14). There was no significant difference between the two groups in mortality rates at discharge from intensive care (75 [47%] deaths vs 75 [44%] deaths, p=0·69), at hospital discharge (84 [52%] vs 82 [49%], p=0·51), and by day 90 (84 [52%] vs 85 [50%], p=0·73), time to haemodynamic success (log-rank p=0·67), time to vasopressor withdrawal (log-rank p=0·09), and time course of SOFA score. Rates of serious adverse events were also similar.
Interpretation
There is no evidence for a difference in efficacy and safety between epinephrine alone and norepinephrine plus dobutamine for the management of septic shock.