I was wondering what the levophed (typical) max dose is used at your facilites.(20,30,40 mcg/min) Also at what point do your physicians say it is pointless to go higher just to get better b/p...
I had a patient the other day that was on 2 mcg/min of levophed with b/p of 110/50. His blood pressure 2 hours into the shift drops into the 60/40. I increased my levophed to 10 mcg/min and his blood...
fedewa0627 replied to rikkemp's topic in MICU, SICU
We are working on bringing it to our facility as well. Sorry, no order set yet but I also would like to see some info. I just had a pt clot off 4 cvvh filters last
fedewa0627 replied to poppy07's topic in MICU, SICU
In my experience our physician prefer to wean the vasopressin before levophed. Often it is up to the physician because vasopressing is still in it's infancy of being understood. At my facility...
Why is normal saline the only solution used for blood transfusions? How come lactated ringers or Normosol-R cannot be use with packed red cells. This is the practice at my hospital, let me know if you...