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Inotropes and vasopressores - Cardiff PICU

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<strong>Inotropes</strong> <strong>and</strong> pressors◦ Advantages• Improve pumpfunction• Increase SVRimprovingperfusion pressure• Increase diastolicBP improvingcoronary arteryperfusion◦ Disadvantages• May increaseafterload• Increasemyocardial oxygendem<strong>and</strong>• Arrythmia• Extravasationdanger – should gocentrally

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