Table 5.
Shock from other etiologies
| Author (year) | Number of cases | SBP ↑ (mmHg) | MAP ↑ (mmHg) | Dose range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Del Greco (1961) [25] | 11 | 61.8 | 0.8–130.0 mcg/min | |
| Nassif (1963) [34] | 6 | 129.2 | 25–1500 mcg bolus, 8.6–68.0 mcg/min | |
| Wedeen (1963) [35] | a | 115.0 | 2–18 mcg/min | |
| Udhoji (1964) [26] | b | 17.5 | c | |
| Cohn (1965) [27] | 22 | 22.1 | 0.3–60.0 mcg/min | |
| Wallace (1967) [29] | 7 | 22.9 | 0.75–3 mcg/min | |
| Sorensen (1986) [32] | 8 | e | c | |
| Moore (1989) [33] | 9 | f | 30 ng/kg/min | |
| Thacker (1990) | 2 | 27.5 | 6–7 mcg/min | |
| Jackson (1993) [20] | 1 | d | 3–18 mcg/min | |
| Newby (1995) [22] | 1 | 30.0 | 0.8–2.2 mcg/min | |
| Tovar (1997) [23] | 1 | 50.0 | 5–15 mcg/min | |
| Eyraud (1998) [30] | 14 | 74.0 | 2.5 mcg bolus | |
| Total | 90 | 80.0g | 12.0g |
SBP systolic blood pressure, MAP mean arterial pressure
aTwo patients with complete data. One with no data was a nonresponder
bIncludes only two patients with data
cData unavailable
dFrom 50 mmHg to >100 mmHg
eFrom BP of 76/48 to DBP of >68
f20 mmHg increase from average SBP of 81.7 mmHg
gWeighted averages