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  • noun Plural form of vasopressor.

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Examples

  • Doctors pumped five medications called vasopressors into Belken's body at the highest dose, constricting peripheral blood vessels to keep blood pumping to his heart and brain.

    unknown title 2009

  • Doctors pumped five medications called vasopressors into Belken's body at the highest dose, constricting peripheral blood vessels to keep blood pumping to his heart and brain.

    AroundTheCapitol.com 2009

  • The intensive-care team pumped him with drugs and fluids: antibiotics to kill the still-unidentified bacteria, immune globulin to neutralize toxins, vasopressors to keep his blood pressure up.

    SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010

  • The intensive-care team pumped him with drugs and fluids: antibiotics to kill the still-unidentified bacteria, immune globulin to neutralize toxins, vasopressors to keep his blood pressure up.

    SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010

  • The intensive-care team pumped him with drugs and fluids: antibiotics to kill the still-unidentified bacteria, immune globulin to neutralize toxins, vasopressors to keep his blood pressure up.

    SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010

  • Intravenous fluids and vasopressors were administered.

    Medpundit 2007

  • INFECTION symptoms Specific care Supportive care SEPSIS SEVERE SEPSIS SEPTIC SHOCK MODS BP Oxygenation BP Oxygenation Oliguria Fever Tachycardia Tachypnea Empiric antibiotic therapy Source control * Fluids * oxygen therapy * vasopressors * mechanical * EGDT * pressure support * inotropes ventilation ventilation * moderate * low TV * NIV corticosteroids * recruitment * vasopressin manovreus * prone position * CVVH etc Drotecogin α (activated) Cultures, source control, antibiotics, intensive insulin therapy?

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows shabeelpn 2010

  • INFECTION symptoms Specific care Supportive care SEPSIS SEVERE SEPSIS SEPTIC SHOCK MODS BP Oxygenation BP Oxygenation Oliguria Fever Tachycardia Tachypnea Empiric antibiotic therapy Source control * Fluids * oxygen therapy * vasopressors * mechanical * EGDT * pressure support * inotropes ventilation ventilation * moderate * low TV * NIV corticosteroids * recruitment * vasopressin manovreus * prone position * CVVH etc Drotecogin α (activated) Cultures, source control, antibiotics, intensive insulin therapy?

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows shabeelpn 2010

  • Irrespective of the underlying cause of shock, the treatment includes initial resuscitation with vasopressors, volume expansion (performed cautiously in patients with heart failure), and additional therapy for multiorgan system dysfunction, concomitantly with correction of the underlying

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • After initial fluid challenge, empiric treatment for septic shock was initiated with antibiotics and vasopressors.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Prashanth Peddi 2010

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