Anaes · Vasopressors & inotropes

Vasopressors & inotropes

Also known as Vasopressors · Inotropes · Vasoactive agents · Metaraminol · Phenylephrine · Noradrenaline · Vasopressin · Adrenaline · Dobutamine · Milrinone

The vasopressors and the inotropes are the vasoactive agents used to maintain the haemodynamic stability in the perioperative and the critically ill patient. The framework rests on the receptor pharmacology (the alpha-1, the beta-1, the beta-2, the V1, the D1), the agents (the metaraminol, the phenylephrine, the ephedrine, the noradrenaline, the adrenaline, the vasopressin; the dobutamine, the milrinone, the levosimendan), the indications (the anaesthesia-induced hypotension, the vasoplegic shock, the cardiogenic shock, the septic shock), and the administration (the bolus vs the infusion, the central vs the peripheral).