Rohit S Loomba, Fabio Savorgnan, Sebastian Acosta, Justin J Elhoff, Juan S Farias, Enrique G Villarreal, Saul Flores
BACKGROUND: In pediatric critical care, vasoactive/inotropic support is widely used in patients with heart failure, but it remains controversial because the influence of multiple medications and the interplay between their inotropic and vasoactive effects on a given patient are hard to predict. Robust evidence supporting their use and quantifying their effects in this group of patients is scarce. STUDY QUESTION: The aim of this study was to characterize the effect of vasoactive medications on various cardiovascular parameters in pediatric patient with decreased ejection fraction...
September 2024: American Journal of Therapeutics