Vasopressors Made Easy

About

A practical, physiology-based approach to vasopressor use in the ICU, focusing on when, why, and how to use vasopressors safely and effectively in critically ill patients.

Speaker

Dr. Moayad Qashqari
Adult Critical Care – Board Certified
Nephrology Critical Care Fellow
University of Ottawa – Canada

Learning Objectives

• Blood Pressure Equation & Cardiac Output
• Physiologic Mechanisms of Vasoconstriction
• How Vasopressors Work
• Administration & Vascular Access
• When to Start Pressors
• Choice to Add a Second Agent
• De-escalation Strategy
• Midodrine in the ICU
• Dobutamine in Septic Shock
• Complications of Vasopressors