Sentences with word «inotrope»

Positive inotropes which give the heart muscle added strength so that it can pump with more force

Positive inotropes make the heart contract with more force.

Another group of drugs called positive inotropes may also be administered in certain cases to increase the force with which the heart muscle beats (increased vigor of contraction), allowing it to pump more blood forward to the lungs and the rest of the body.

Rupert M. Pearse, M.D., of Queen Mary University of London, and colleagues randomly assigned patients (50 years of age or older) undergoing major gastrointestinal surgery to a cardiac output - guided hemodynamic therapy algorithm for intravenous fluid and inotrope (dopexamine) infusion during and 6 hours following surgery (n = 368) or to usual care (n = 366).

Pimobendan (Vetmedin ®) is the most commonly used positive inotrope.

Drugs that are commonly used are diuretics (e.g. furosemide), vasodilators (e.g. enalapril, benazapril, pimobendan), positive inotropes (e.g. pimobendan, digoxin) and other drugs to address specific problems like high pressure in the vessels of the lungs.

Titrated multiple vasopressors, inotropes, and other cardiac supportive drips to maintain hemodynamic stability.