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CodeMaster asked in Science & MathematicsMedicine · 1 decade ago

Why was Isoproterenol taken out of the absolute bradycadia ACLS algorithm?

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  • grimmyTea
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    1 decade ago
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    Isoproterenol increases cardiac oxygen demand by its positive chronotropic and inotropic effects. Potentially very bad if the person has coronary artery disease--which you may or may not know during a code. Isoproterenol is actually used in animal models to help induce/worsen cardiac ischemia.

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