Hey guys! I work in a MSICU, but we had a pt the other day who was actively infarcting. Had been cathed a few weeks prior, diffuse CV disease, med management only.
He went into resp distress on floor, hypotensive, low HR, transferred to unit. Was on 4 pressors in the night, but became stable by morning for me and was only on dobutamine at 5mcgs.
Fast forward to middle of the day when the pt suddenly became hypotensive and tachycardic. SBP of 60. All 4 of my pressors are still on the pumps (not attached to pt). SOooooo, my question is, how do you know which one to re-start, dc, or titrate up? Dobutamine, levo, dopamine, epi were all available to me. I'd like to hear some suggestions before I tell you what happened.