In a recent prospective, cohort study of ED patients with drug overdose in a 5 year time frame, first-line push dose of this vasopressor was associated with higher in-hospital mortality?
According to Clifford C et al., patients who received push-dose phenlyephrine had a significantly lower in-hospital mortality while push-dose epinephrine was associated with increased mortality
Clifford C et al. First Line Vasopressors and Mortality Rates in ED Patients with Acute Drug Overdose. JMT Published online 20 July 2020. doi.org/10.1007/s13181-020-00797-1
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