Epinephrine to Prevent Postintubation Collapse in Shocked ICU Patients

• Status: Recruiting
• Trial end date: 2024-01-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Endotracheal intubation is a lifesaving procedure that is performed in various settings within the hospital or even in the pre-hospital field. However, it can result in serious hemodynamic complications, such as post-intubation hypotension (PIH) and cardiac arrest. Push-dose pressor (PDP) is common practice for rapid hemodynamic correction in post-intubation hypotension. In this study the investigators will use intravenous Epinephrine bolus for prevention of post intubation collapse in septic patients predicted by shock index in intensive care unit.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Ain Shams University
• Treatments: Epinephrine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• septic patients of either sex above 18 years of age, will need emergent intubation during ICU admission, shock index (SI) > 0.9.

Exclusion Criteria:

• patient's family refusal, age <18, pregnant, Patients with tachyarrhythmias, traumatic patients, patient with shock index <0.9, ischemic heart patients, any comorbidities contraindicated to take epinephrine and allergic to epinephrine will be excluded from the study.