Use of sodium nitroprusside and dopamine hydrochloride in the postoperative cardiac patient.
Effective postoperative nursing care of the cardiac surgery patient receiving combined drug infusion of dopamine HCl and SNP requires awareness of many critical factors. Among these are: (1) understanding of cardiac physiology with emphasis on the concepts of myocardial oxygen consumption vs. availability; (2) basic pharmacologic functions of dopamine HCl and SNP, both singly and combined; (3) importance of maintaining intravascular volume at optimum levels; and (4) awareness that constant nursing observations and reassessments are essential.
D002302:Cardiac Output; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000451:nursing; D004298:Dopamine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005292:Ferricyanides / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006321:Heart / Q000187:drug effects; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D009599:Nitroprusside / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011182:Postoperative Care
D005292:Ferricyanides; D009599:Nitroprusside; D004298:Dopamine