Table 1.

Day of initial appearance of ischaemia after vasopressor use

Age	Sex	Condition	Vasopressor	Day ischaemia noted post vasopressor administration	Outcome	Authors
36	M	Cardiogenic shock	Epinephrine (10 mg/50 mL of solution 0.9% at 8 mL/hour intravenous infusion) Dopamine (400 mg/100 mL of solution 0.9% at 10 mL/hour intravenous infusion)	Day 3	All digits autoamputated in the following 3 months and survived	Reyes et al1
30	M	Septic shock from intestinal perforation	Dopamine (20 µg/kg/min) and norepinephrine (0.2–0.3 µg/kg/ min)	Day 2	Succumbed to multiple organ failure and died	Shenoy et al5
58	M	Septic shock/DIC due to pyelonephritis	Norepinephrine, dopamine and dobutamine	Day 3	Amputations of digits in all 4 extremities and survived	Akamatsu et al7
60	F	Septic shock/DIC due to renal hydronephrosis	Dopamine (29.5 µg /kg/min) and norepinephrine	Day 2	All limbs developed dry gangrene requiring amputation and survived	Dong et al2

DIC, disseminated intravascular coagulation.