Shock and vasoactive agents SDL

Other information (particularly useful for CICM trainees)

• LITFL CCC entries:
  • Shock Definition and Classification
  • Inotropes, vasopressors and other vasoactive agents
  • Intubation, hypotension and shock
  • Lactate Clearance vs ScvO2 Monitoring in Severe Sepsis
  • SvO2 versus ScvO2
  • Mixed venous oxygen saturation (SvO2) monitoring
  • Central venous oxygen saturation (ScvO2) monitoring

  • Fluid Responsiveness

  • Passive Leg Raise

• INTENSIVE: 
  • Sepsis and Septic Shock SDL
• EMCRIT — Podcast 138 – Vasopressor Basics (2014)
• See the Deranged Physiology Fellowship exam question bank for relevant past questions on this topic.