What strategies do you employ to prevent post-intubation hypotension in a profoundly hypoxic patient given a paralytic for intubation?
Answer from: at Community Practice
There are a few strategies I use. I choose an induction agent such as Etomidate or a ketamine which has minimal hemodynamic effects. If BP is soft to start with, I use IV fluid small bolus, use a vasopressor such as phenylephrine push if needed before sedation.
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at Sutter Medical Center Sacramento Yeah, I have tried those strategies to some effect...
at Uchicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial Hospital I use Neo-Synephrine 100-300 mcg push dose every 5...
at University of Texas San Antonio RTs certainly have the knowledge/skills to make ba...
Yeah, I have tried those strategies to some effect...
I use Neo-Synephrine 100-300 mcg push dose every 5...
RTs certainly have the knowledge/skills to make ba...