Author (year) | Cases Total/+data | Type of shock | SBP ↑ (mmHg) | MAP ↑ (mmHg) | Dose range Median (IQR) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  | Septic | Other | Cardiogenic |  |  |  |
Del Greco (1961) [25] | 20/20 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 47.4 |  | 0.23–100 mcg/min 2.5 mcg/min (13.5) |
Nassif (1963) [34] | 14/13 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 106.9 |  | 7–1500 mcg bolus 14 mcg/min (32) |
Wedeen (1963) [35] | 15/7 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 81.1 |  | 1.5–36 mcg/min 10 mcg/min (6.5) |
Beanlands (1964) [36] | 17/0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | a |  | 1–36 mcg/min 2 mcg/min (2.25) |
Udhoji (1964) [26] | 12/6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | Â | 34.3 | b |
Belle (1965) [37] | 1/1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16.0 |  | 50–250 mg/day - - |
Cohn (1965) [27] | 6/6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Â | 29.7 | b |
Cohn (1965) [27] | 22/22 | 0 | 22 | 0 |  | 22.1 | 0.3–60 mcg/min 14.1 mcg/min - |
Singh (1966) [28] | 25/0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | c |  | 4–12 mcg/min - - |
Wallace (1967) [29] | 7/7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | Â | 22.9 | 0.75- mcg/min 1.5 mcg/min (0) |
Sorensen (1986) [32] | 8/0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | d | Â | b |
Moore (1989) [33] | 9/0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | e | Â | 2.9Â ng/kg/min - - |
Geary (1990) [38] | 1/1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Â | 30.0 | 6 mcg/min - - |
Thacker (1990) | 2/2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |  | 27.5 | 6–7 mcg/min 6.5 mcg/min - |
Thomas (1991) [40] | 1/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  | f | 5–20 mcg/min 10 mcg/min - |
Jackson (1993) [20] | 1/0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | g |  | 3–18 mcg/min 18 mcg/min - |
Trilli (1994) [21] | 1/1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24.0 |  | 8.5–9 mcg/min 8.5 mcg/min - |
Ryding (1995) [41] | 1/1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  | 18.0 | 3.5–4.2 mcg/min - - |
Newby (1995) [22] | 1/1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30.0 |  | 0.8–2.2 mcg/min 22 ng/kg/min - |
Wray (1995) [24] | 1/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  | h | 8–22 mcg/min 8 mcg/min - |
Tovar (1997) [23] | 1/1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50.0 |  | 5–15 mcg/min 15 mcg/min - |
Eyraud (1998) [30] | 14/14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 74.0 | Â | 2.5 mcg bolus - - |
Chawla (2014) [10] | 10/10 | 10 | 0 | 0 |  | 6.0 | 15–20 ng/kg/min 20 ng/kg/min - |
Khanna (2017) [11] | 163/163 | 163 | 0 | 0 |  | 12.5 | 20–40 ng/kg/min 2.8 mg (5.8) |
Total | 353/276 | 225 | 90 | 38 | 71.3i | 14.8i | Â |