Vasopressors

Dr. Haney Mallemat, a triple-boarded critical care physician and Editor-in-Chief at criticalcarenow.com, joins us to discuss all things vasopressor related. During the interview, Dr. Mallemat mentions the Arginine Vasopressin During the Early Resuscitation of Traumatic Shock (AVERTShock) trial. You can find a summary of that study here, and deployedmedicine.com has a good video discussing the trial as well.Dr. Mallemat also mentions a study describing a "central line-less" ICU while discussing the safety of vasopressin administration through peripheral IVs. You can find that study here:Cardenas-Garcia, J., Schaub, K. F., Belchikov, Y. G., Narasimhan, M., Koenig, S. J., & Mayo, P. H. (2015). Safety of peripheral intravenous administration of vasoactive medication. Journal of hospital medicine, 10(9), 581–585. https://doi.org/10.1002/jhm.2394