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INOTROPIC AGENTS IN CRITICAL CARE: A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF UTILIZATION AND IMPACT
Muhammed Basith K. T.*, Sanoj Rajan, Jeffisha F., Mahadevamma Lingaiah and Swathi Ramesh
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Introduction: Inotropic agents are medicine that change the force of the heart’s contraction. These agents have excitatory and inhibitory actions on the heart and vascular smooth muscle, as well as central nervous system and presynaptic autonomous nervous system effects and generally administered as they cause enhancement of cardiac output (CO) or vascular tone that has been severely compromised by life-threatening clinical conditions. Objective: Current use of inotropes in Intensive Care Unit. Methodology: This was a prospective and descriptive study in which 164 subjects were enrolled based on the criteria in Sagar Hospital, was assessed and evaluated by suitable statistical method. Results: In this study, the patients treated with inotropes were assessed and observed that the most commonly prescribed inotropes are nor-adrenaline (70%), dobutamine (10.4%) Keywords: MAP, HR, Inotropes. [Download Article] [Download Certifiate] |