An investigation to the prolonged requirement (>7 days) of vasopressors in cervical spinal cord injury patients-a retrospective analysis.

Our results describe a significant portion of cervical SCI patients need ongoing vasopressor to maintain a mean arterial pressure >65 mm of Hg beyond first week. We observed patients who required longer duration of high dose dopamine had a higher chance of survival suggesting some unknown mechanism of high dose of dopamine. This is first such observation, further studies are needed to substantiate.