Asked to comment on the importance of nurses implementing the new sepsis guidelines, Thomas Ahrens, PhD, RN, research scientist, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri, pointed out that ...

Vasopressors are a group of medicines that constrict (tighten) blood vessels and raise blood pressure. They’re used to treat severely low blood pressure, especially in people who are critically ...

Vasopressors showed the same pattern, with 59% versus 37% of the patients getting them. They were also started a mean of 1.4 hours earlier and used for a mean of 4.2 hours longer over the first 24 ...