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Acetylcholine vs Dopamine “It’s Not You, It’s Me”

Acetylcholine vs Dopamine “It’s Not You, It’s Me”

by Eusang Ahn | Sep 26, 2024 | Commentary, Critical Care, Featured, Neurology, pharmacology, Resuscitation

I wrote this piece because understanding diseases by framing them as high or low levels of dopamine, acetylcholine, glutamate, or GABA has significantly improved my grasp of their pathophysiology and treatment strategies. Too often, medicine is taught as isolated...

Double-Blind Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial of Dopamine Versus Epinephrine as First-Line Vasoactive Drugs in Pediatric Septic Shock

by emottawa | Nov 7, 2016 | Journal Club

Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3.5/5                 Usefulness Score:  3/5   Ventura AMC, et al. Crit Care Med. 2015 Nov;43(11):2292-302   Abstract Link   This well designed RCT demonstrated that in fluid refractory pediatric septic shock, dopamine is...

Comparison of dopamine and norepinephrine in the treatment of shock.

by EMOttawa | Jan 6, 2014 | Journal Club, landmark

Journal Club Summary Landmark Series Methodology Score: 4/5                 Usefulness Score: 4/5 De Backer D, Biston P, Devriendt J, Madl C, Chochrad D, Aldecoa C, Brasseur A, Defrance P, Gottignies P, Vincent JL; SOAP II Investigators. N Engl J Med. 2010 Mar...

Dopamine versus norepinephrine in the treatment of septic shock: a meta-analysis

by EMOttawa | Oct 23, 2012 | Journal Club, landmark

Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3.5/5 Usefulness Score: 4/5 De Backer D, Aldecoa C, Njimi H, Vincent JL. Crit Care Med. 2012 Mar;40(3):725-30. Article Link This meta-analysis of 6 trials found that in patients with septic shock, dopamine administration was...
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