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Table 3 Mean and peak doses of vasopressors/inotropes used

From: Trigger mechanisms of secondary sclerosing cholangitis in critically ill patients

Doses of vasopressors/ inotropes used

Mean doses μg/kg/minute

 

Peak doses μg/kg/minute

Epinephrine

Norepinephrine

Dopamine

Dobutamine

Patient

Epinephrine

Norepinephrine

Dopamine

Dobutamine

n

0.07

n

2.86

No.1

n

0.15

n

5.13

(for 2 h)

(for 2 h)

n

n

n

2.49

No.2

n

n

n

2.49

(for 4.5 h)

n

0.02

n

n

No.3

n

0.02

n

n

(for 6.3 h)

n

0.07

n

n

No.4

n

0.08

n

n

(for 20 h)

n

0.03

n

3.97

No.5

b

0.04

n

6.66

(for 13 h)

(for 34 h)

n

0.05

n

2.38

No.6

n

0.12

n

2.38

(for 24 h)

(for 12 h)

n

0.05

n

n

No.7

n

0.1

n

n

(for 3 h)

0.13

0.17

n

4.15

No.8

0.22

0.25

n

4.39

(for 11 h)

(for 1.5 h)

(for 33 h)

n

0.08

n

n

No.9

n

0.23

n

n

(for 8 h)

b

0.06

n

n

No.10

b

0.14

n

n

(for 0.5 h)

0.11

n

n

3.79

No.11

0.39

n

n

7.35

(for 1.5 h)

(for 11 h)

n

0.06

n

2.28

No.12

n

0.42

n

5.21

(for 2 h)

(for 1 h)

n

0.09

n

n

No.13

n

0.2

n

n

(for 6 h)

0.03

0.02

3.1

n

No.14

0.06

0.05

3.7

n

(for 3 h)

(for 5 h)

(for 3 h)

n

0.03

n

n

No.15

n

0.04

n

n

(for 46 h)

0.08

n

1.38

2.96

No.16

0.15

n

1.38

6.4

(for 3 h)

(for 1.5 h)

(for 10 h)

4/16

13/16

2/16

8/16

 

4/16

13/16

2/16

8/16

  1. b, bolus; h, hours; n, none. (in brackets: duration of peak dose application in hours).