Current use of inotropes in circulatory shock.
Thomas W L ScheerenJan BakkerThomas KaufmannDjillali AnnanePierre AsfarE Christiaan BoermaMaurizio CecconiMichelle S ChewBernard CholleyMaria CronhjortDaniel De BackerArnaldo DubinMartin W DünserJacques DuranteauAnthony C GordonLudhmila A HajjarOlfa HamzaouiGlenn HernandezVanina Kanoore EdulGeert KosterGiovanni LandoniMarc LeoneBruno LevyClaude MartinAlexandre MebazaaXavier MonnetAndrea MorelliDidier PayenRupert M PearseMichael R PinskyPeter RadermacherDaniel A ReuterYasser SakrMichael SanderBernd SaugelMervyn SingerPierre SquaraAntoine Vieillard-BaronPhilippe VignonJean-Louis VincentIwan C C van der HorstSimon T VistisenJean-Louis TeboulPublished in: Annals of intensive care (2021)
Inotrope use in critically ill patients is quite heterogeneous as self-reported by individual caregivers. Eleven strong recommendations on the indications, choice, triggers and targets for the use of inotropes are given by international experts. Future studies should focus on consistent indications for inotrope use and implementation into a guideline for circulatory shock that encompasses individualized targets and outcomes.