Clinician attitudes, opinions and practice patterns regarding inotrope use for cardiac surgery in the USA: a multicentre mixed methods study protocol [PDF]
BMJ OpenIntroduction Cardiac inotrope medications administered to cardiac surgical patients carry steep risk–benefit trade-offs, yet wide inter-institutional variation exists in inotrope practices.
Milisa Manojlovich +12 more
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Strong Association between Inotrope Administration and Intraventricular Hemorrhage, Gestational Age, and the Use of Fentanyl in Very Low Gestational Age Infants: A Retrospective Study [PDF]
Children, 2023 This was a single center, retrospective cohort study designed to evaluate the association between the administration of inotropes to hypotensive very low gestational age infants (VLGAI) and prenatal and neonatal risk factors.
Theodora Stathopoulou +5 more
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Angiotensin receptor neprilysin inhibitor in inotrope dependent heart failure patients: A case series [PDF]
Journal of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Research, 2020 Patients with advanced heart failure (HF) symptoms constitute stage D heart failure with high mortality and less response to conventional guideline directed medical therapies.
Sepideh Taghavi +4 more
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Why has positive inotropy failed in chronic heart failure? Lessons from prior inotrope trials. [PDF]
, 2019 Current pharmacological therapies for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction are largely either repurposed anti-hypertensives that blunt overactivation of the neurohormonal system or diuretics that decrease congestion.
Ahmad, T +10 more
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Outcomes of Use of Inotropes at Waitlisting Through Heart Transplantation: The UNOS Experience [PDF]
Journal of Cardiovascular Development and DiseaseBackground: Despite its use in patients awaiting heart transplant (HT), the impact of continuous inotropic support on short-term complications and long-term transplant outcomes remains unclear.
Marco Gemelli +12 more
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Epidemiology and prognosis of pediatric acute myocarditis: a 5-year retrospective study in Shiraz, South of Iran running title: pediatric acute myocarditis in Iran [PDF]
BMC Cardiovascular DisordersBackground Early diagnosis, appropriate management, and vigilant follow-up can lead to the recovery and improved quality of life in many pediatric myocarditis cases.
Hamid Amoozgar +8 more
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Diagnosis of Multiple Organ Dysfunction in Neonates with Hypoxic–Ischemic Encephalopathy: Vasoactive Inotropic Score, Renal Score, Fibrosis-5 Index and Lactate/Albumin Ratio [PDF]
DiagnosticsBackground: Vasoactive inotrope score, renal score, fibrosis-5 index, and lactate-albumin ratio have not been investigated before in determining multiple organ dysfunctions accompanying infants with hypoxic–ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) in neonatal ...
Başak Kaya +5 more
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Inotropes and cardiorenal syndrome in acute heart failure – A retrospective comparative analysis
Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia, 2017 Introduction: Cardiorenal syndrome (CRS) is common in acute heart failure (AHF), and is associated with dire prognosis. Levosimendan, a positive inotrope that also has diuretic effects, may improve patients’ renal profile.
Marta Madeira +6 more
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Ghrelin peptide in heart failure: when is showtime? [PDF]
Frontiers in Cardiovascular MedicineSom P. Singh, Anand Chockalingam
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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2021 Purpose: To determine whether inotrope administration is associated with increased all-cause mortality in cardiogenic shock (CS) patients and to identify inotropes superior for improving mortality.Methods: This retrospective cohort study analyzed data ...
Fei Gao, Yun Zhang
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