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A man with chest pain off and on for two days, and "No STEMI" at triage.

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Armstrong et al. The patient is started on epinephrine infusion for cardiogenic shock and cardiology took the patient to the cath lab. ST depression maximal in V1-V4, without a QRS abnormality clearly causing it, in the setting of ACS symptoms, is very concerning for posterior MI until proven otherwise.

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Inotropes and Vasopressors: Doses, indications, contraindications and effects

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Epinephrine Shock (any) Cardiac arrest Bronchospasm Anaphylaxis Bradycardia (second-line alternative) Infusion : 0.01 References Overgaard, Dzavik et al. Jentzer et al. Müllner M, Urbanek B, Havel C, et al. Lherm T, Troché G, Rossignol M, et al. Gattinoni L, Brazzi L, Pelosi P, et al. Circulation 2011.

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Extreme shock and cardiac arrest in COVID patient

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He underwent CPR, and regained a pulse after epinephrine, with an organized narrow complex rhythm at 140, but still with severe shock. 3–8 Shi et al. Sandoval Y, Smith SW, Sexter A, et al. Shi S, Qin M, Shen B, et al. Guo T, Fan Y, Chen M, et al. Lala A, Johnson KW, Russak AJ, et al.

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A Seven-Step Approach to Massive Hemoptysis

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References Deshwal H, Sinha A, Mehta AC. Atchinson PRA, Hatton CJ, Roginski MA, et al. Ittrich H, Bockhorn M, Klose H, et al. Li H, Ding X, Zhai S, et al. Kathuria H, Hollingsworth HM, Vilvendhan R, et al. Fekri MS, Hashemi-Bajgani SM, Shafahi A, et al. Wand O, Guber E, Guber A, et al. Am J Emerg Med.

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What Is the Best Defibrillation Strategy for Refractory Ventricular Fibrillation?

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Multiple attempts at defibrillation, epinephrine, and amiodarone have been unsuccessful. References Go AS, Mozaffarian D, Roger VL, et al. Larribau R, Deham H, Niquille M, et al. Margey R, Browne L, Murphy E, et al. Kudenchuk PJ, Brown SP, Daya M, et al. Spies DM, Kiekenap J, Rupp D, et al. Circulation.

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Management of STEMI (ST-Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction)

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I C Glucose-lowering therapy should be considered in ACS patients with glucose levels >10 mmol/L (>180 mg/dL), while episodes of hypoglycaemia (defined as glucose levels <_3.9 I C In patients on metformin and/or SGLT2 inhibitors, renal function should be monitored for at least 3 days after angiography.

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Optimizing Hemodynamics Prior to RSI

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And according to a paper from Russotto et al. Of note, in the paper by Russotto et al., Epinephrine should be considered as the vasopressor of choice in patients with decreased myocardial function. Sackles et al. Heffner AC, Swords DS, Neale MN, Jones AE. De Jong A, Molinari N, Terzi, et al. Brown, C.A.

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