Association between vasoactive-inotropic score, morbidity and mortality after heart transplantation.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between vasoactive-inotropic score (VIS), calculated in the 24 h after heart transplantation, and post-transplant mortality and morbidity.

Methods

This was an observational single-centre retrospective study. Patients admitted to surgical intensive care unit after transplantation, between January 2015 and December 2018, were reviewed consecutively. VISmax was calculated as dopamine+ dobutamine+ 100 × epinephrine + 100 × norepinephrine + 50 × levosimendan + 10 × milrinone (all in µg/kg/min) + 10 000 × vasopressin (units/kg/min), using the maximum dosing rates of vasoactive and inotropic medications in the 24 h after intensive care unit admission. The primary outcome was mortality at 1 year post-transplant. The se

SUBMITTER: Tohme J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10118996 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature