• Journal of critical care · Dec 2023

    International pharmacy survey of peripheral vasopressor infusions in critical care (INFUSE).

    • Abu SardanehArwaASchool of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Department of Pharmacy, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia., Jonathan Penm, Matthew Oliver, David Gattas, Andrew J McLachlan, Christie James, Christina Cella, Ohoud Aljuhani, Nicole M Acquisto, and Asad E Patanwala.
    • School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Department of Pharmacy, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
    • J Crit Care. 2023 Dec 1; 78: 154376154376.

    PurposeThe primary objective was to determine the proportion of hospitals that administered norepinephrine peripheral vasopressor infusions (PVIs) in critically ill adult patients. Secondary objectives were to describe how norepinephrine is used such as the maximum duration, infusion rate and concentration, and to determine the most common first-line PVI used by country.Materials And MethodsAn international multi-centre cross-sectional survey study was conducted in adult intensive care units in Australia, US, UK, Canada, and Saudi Arabia.ResultsCritical care pharmacists from 132 institutions responded to the survey. Norepinephrine PVIs were utilised in 86% of institutions (n = 113/132). The median maximum duration of norepinephrine PVIs was 24 h (IQR 24-24) (n = 57/113). The most common maximum norepinephrine PVI rate was between 11 and 20 μg/min (n = 16/113). The most common maximum norepinephrine PVI concentration was 16 μg/mL (n = 60/113). Half of the institutions had a preference to administer another PVI over norepinephrine as a first-line agent (n = 66/132). The most common alternative PVI used by country was: US (phenylephrine 41%, n = 37/90), Canada (dopamine 31%, n = 5/16), UK (metaraminol 82%, n = 9/11), and Australia (metaraminol 89%, n = 8/9).ConclusionsThere is variability in clinical practice regarding PVI administration in critically ill adult patients dependent on drug availability and local institutional recommendations.Copyright © 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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