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Scott Weiss

Scott Weiss

Erin Bradshaw's husband

Aug 24, 2026

35:10
Just educate our audience again a little bit regarding pressor choice, first-line, and then subsequent use of other pressors.
35:18
Yeah, thanks for that.
35:19
So there's two randomized controlled trials in pediatrics that compared dopamine to epinephrine head-to-head in septic shock, and both showed mortality benefit for use of epinephrine.
35:32
Now, there were maybe some arguably differences in titration strategies, but really they reflected the way we use those medications in clinical practice.
35:44
So the clinical use of dopamine seems to be inferior to the clinical use of epinephrine.
35:48
And so those studies really changed the recommendations from dopamine first to more of a epinephrine first strategy.
36:01
Now, in the adult guidelines, norepinephrine is generally preferred.
39:32
High-level summary, where are we with biomarkers today?

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