Hi all! I'm a new nurse and doing a report on Dobutamine for my unit. I need some "words of wisdom" on anything related to administering Dobutamine from experienced nurses. Any suggestions would be great! Thanks!
Biffbradford 1,097 Posts Specializes in ICU. Apr 16, 2011 That seems like too general of a question to answer, really. Words of wisdom? Don't mistake Dobutamine for Dopamine. :)
michellehoong 5 Posts Apr 20, 2011 in my unit Dobutamine we will use 250mg and dituled to 50mls normal saline and give infusion to pt
pawashrn 183 Posts Apr 21, 2011 dobutamine is great for unloading a pt. with CHF. pts. do come to the hospital for Dobutamine therapy every couple days or so to help increase the contractility of the heart and therefore improve systemic functioning of the circular system and thereby decreasing or preventing CHF emergencies
angle85 15 Posts Specializes in CCU, ICU, education and Oncology. Apr 21, 2011 Dobutamine where given almost for CHF :redbeathepatient on lasix (furosemide) IV with dobutamine is Incompatible at y-site IV infusion:down:
matthewrn03 13 Posts May 7, 2011 Dobutrex is commonly ordered for augmenting or increasing a patients cardiac index. If you don't have any method for determining the C.I.(such as a Swan or continous cardiac output monitor) then you could use the patients MAP. this can be tricky though and ideally you want some way of monitoring SVR, if you are going to titrate a dobutrex drip
