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Table 3 Doses and flow rates for each vasoactive drug

From: Changeovers of vasoactive drug infusion pumps: impact of a quality improvement program

 

Dose (μg/kg/min)

Flow rate (ml/hour)

 

Phase 1

Phase 2

P value

Phase 1

Phase 2

P value

Dobutamine

15.7 ± 6.2

14.6 ± 4.5

0.56

6.3 ± 2.2

5.3 ± 1.8

0.08

Dopamine

7.5 ± 5.9

9.9 ± 5.8

<0.01

4.5 ± 1.8

4.7 ± 2.0

0.53

Norepinephrine

1.8 ± 1.2

2.4 ± 1.5

<0.001

10.4 ± 5.9

11.9 ± 6.1

0.01

Epinephrine

3.5 ± 3.2

2.9 ± 0.9

0.79

13.0 ± 9.4

12.6 ± 4.0

0.95

  1. Data expressed as the mean ± standard deviation.