Abstract
Purpose
Inotropes and vasopressors are cornerstone of therapy in septic shock, but search for the best agent is ongoing. We aimed to determine which vasoactive drug is associated with the best survival.
Materials and Methods
PubMed, BioMedCentral, Embase and the Cochrane Central Register were searched. Randomized trials performed in septic patient with at least one group allocated to an inotrope/vasopressor were included. Network meta-analysis with a frequentist approach was performed.
Results
The 33 included studies randomized 3470 patients to 16 different comparators. As compared with placebo, levosimendan (Odds Ratio [OR] = 0.17, 95% Confidence Interval [CI] = 0.05–0.60), dobutamine (OR =0.30, 95% CI = 0.09–0.99), epinephrine (OR =0.35, 95% CI = 0.13–0.96), vasopressin (OR =0.37, 95% CI = 0.16–0.89), and norepinephrine plus dobutamine (OR =0.42, 95% CI = 0.11–0.96) were significantly associated with survival. Norepinephrine improved survival compared with dopamine (OR =0.81, 95% CI = 0.66–1.00). Rank analysis showed that levosimendan had the highest probability of being the best treatment.
Conclusions
Among several regimens for pharmacological cardiovascular support in septic patients, regimens based on inodilators have the highest probability of improve survival.
Inotropes and vasopressors are cornerstone of therapy in septic shock, but search for the best agent is ongoing. We aimed to determine which vasoactive drug is associated with the best survival.
Materials and Methods
PubMed, BioMedCentral, Embase and the Cochrane Central Register were searched. Randomized trials performed in septic patient with at least one group allocated to an inotrope/vasopressor were included. Network meta-analysis with a frequentist approach was performed.
Results
The 33 included studies randomized 3470 patients to 16 different comparators. As compared with placebo, levosimendan (Odds Ratio [OR] = 0.17, 95% Confidence Interval [CI] = 0.05–0.60), dobutamine (OR =0.30, 95% CI = 0.09–0.99), epinephrine (OR =0.35, 95% CI = 0.13–0.96), vasopressin (OR =0.37, 95% CI = 0.16–0.89), and norepinephrine plus dobutamine (OR =0.42, 95% CI = 0.11–0.96) were significantly associated with survival. Norepinephrine improved survival compared with dopamine (OR =0.81, 95% CI = 0.66–1.00). Rank analysis showed that levosimendan had the highest probability of being the best treatment.
Conclusions
Among several regimens for pharmacological cardiovascular support in septic patients, regimens based on inodilators have the highest probability of improve survival.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 91-98 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Journal of Critical Care |
| Volume | 37 |
| Early online date | 13 Aug 2016 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Feb 2017 |
Research Groups and Themes
- Centre for Surgical Research
Keywords
- Sepsis
- vasopressors
- inotropes
- intensive care
- microcirculation
- mortality