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    The document describes 6 clinical scenarios involving patients presenting with hypotension, tachycardia, or other signs of shock. The scenarios include a woman with pneumonia and sepsis, a man having an allergic reaction to a wasp sting, a man with a heart attack, an elderly patient with heart block, a woman who overdosed on beta blockers, and a man with abdominal pain after a car accident.

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    The document describes 6 clinical scenarios involving patients presenting with hypotension, tachycardia, or other signs of shock. The scenarios include a woman with pneumonia and sepsis, a man having an allergic reaction to a wasp sting, a man with a heart attack, an elderly patient with heart block, a woman who overdosed on beta blockers, and a man with abdominal pain after a car accident.

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    Inotrope Case Studies

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    BejinaruOanaSiCristi
    The document describes 6 clinical scenarios involving patients presenting with hypotension, tachycardia, or other signs of shock. The scenarios include a woman with pneumonia and sepsis, a man having an allergic reaction to a wasp sting, a man with a heart attack, an elderly patient with heart block, a woman who overdosed on beta blockers, and a man with abdominal pain after a car accident.

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    Vasopresor and Inotrope

    Case Studies
    Scenario 1

    • 50F
    • Community acquired right upper lobe pneumonia
    • HR 140
    • ABP 75/30
    • Oliguric
    • Temp 38.7
    • Warm to the touch with bounding pulse
    Scenario 2

    • 62M
    • Presents to ED after being stung by a wasp
    • Widespread rash
    • Hypotensive
    • Tachycardic
    • Dyspnoeic
    • Widespread wheeze on auscultation
    Scenario 3

    • 70M
    • Presents with acute myocardial infarction
    • Received immediate conservative treatment
    • Has become tachycardic, hypotensive
    • Peripherally cold
    • Oliguric
    Scenario 4

    • Elderly patient on medical ward


    • Hypotensive, bradycardic and confused
    • ECG shows complete heart block with ST depression in the inferior
    leads.
    Scenario 5

    • 23F
    • Presents to ED
    • Hypotensive
    • Bradycardic
    • Says she has taken an overdose of her father’s atenolol
    Scenario 6

    • 22M
    • Involved in a RTC 12hrs ago
    • Was stable on presentation but complained of LUQ pain
    • Admitted to surgical ward for observation
    • Heart rate now 105bpm, blood pressure 125/92, cool hands and feet
    and is extremely anxious

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