TY - JOUR
T1 - A global perspective on vasoactive agents in shock
AU - Annane, Djillali
AU - Ouanes-Besbes, Lamia
AU - de Backer, Daniel
AU - Du, Bin
AU - Gordon, Anthony C.
AU - Hernández, Glenn
AU - Olsen, Keith M.
AU - Osborn, Tiffany M.
AU - Peake, Sandra
AU - Russell, James A.
AU - Cavazzoni, Sergio Zanotti
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature and ESICM.
PY - 2018/6/1
Y1 - 2018/6/1
N2 - Purpose: We set out to summarize the current knowledge on vasoactive drugs and their use in the management of shock to inform physicians’ practices. Methods: This is a narrative review by a multidisciplinary, multinational—from six continents—panel of experts including physicians, a pharmacist, trialists, and scientists. Results and conclusions: Vasoactive drugs are an essential part of shock management. Catecholamines are the most commonly used vasoactive agents in the intensive care unit, and among them norepinephrine is the first-line therapy in most clinical conditions. Inotropes are indicated when myocardial function is depressed and dobutamine remains the first-line therapy. Vasoactive drugs have a narrow therapeutic spectrum and expose the patients to potentially lethal complications. Thus, these agents require precise therapeutic targets, close monitoring with titration to the minimal efficacious dose and should be weaned as promptly as possible. Moreover, the use of vasoactive drugs in shock requires an individualized approach. Vasopressin and possibly angiotensin II may be useful owing to their norepinephrine-sparing effects.
AB - Purpose: We set out to summarize the current knowledge on vasoactive drugs and their use in the management of shock to inform physicians’ practices. Methods: This is a narrative review by a multidisciplinary, multinational—from six continents—panel of experts including physicians, a pharmacist, trialists, and scientists. Results and conclusions: Vasoactive drugs are an essential part of shock management. Catecholamines are the most commonly used vasoactive agents in the intensive care unit, and among them norepinephrine is the first-line therapy in most clinical conditions. Inotropes are indicated when myocardial function is depressed and dobutamine remains the first-line therapy. Vasoactive drugs have a narrow therapeutic spectrum and expose the patients to potentially lethal complications. Thus, these agents require precise therapeutic targets, close monitoring with titration to the minimal efficacious dose and should be weaned as promptly as possible. Moreover, the use of vasoactive drugs in shock requires an individualized approach. Vasopressin and possibly angiotensin II may be useful owing to their norepinephrine-sparing effects.
KW - Adrenergic agonists
KW - Cardiovascular system
KW - Clinical trials
KW - Practice guidelines
KW - Shock
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U2 - 10.1007/s00134-018-5242-5
DO - 10.1007/s00134-018-5242-5
M3 - Review article
C2 - 29868972
AN - SCOPUS:85047978819
SN - 0342-4642
VL - 44
SP - 833
EP - 846
JO - Intensive care medicine
JF - Intensive care medicine
IS - 6
ER -