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Prehospital Treatment with Dobutamine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

Bjarne Oberg  and
Mogens Bredgaard Sorensen
Bjarne Oberg*
Affiliation:
The Mobile Intensive Care Unit, The Municipal Hospital, DK-1399, Copenhagen, Denmark
Mogens Bredgaard Sorensen
Affiliation:
The Mobile Intensive Care Unit, The Municipal Hospital, DK-1399, Copenhagen, Denmark
*
Hans Jensensvej 12, DK-2900 Hellerup, Denmark
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Abstract

Purpose:

To assess the effectiveness of the use of dobutamine hydrochloride in out-of hospital emergency situations.

Population:

Patients with severe circulatory insufficiency caused by acute illness or injury encountered by the Mobile Intensive Care Unit of Copenhagen (population 467,000) during a 15-month study period.

Methods:

A newly developed dobutamine solution was administered by infusion pump to patients in whom normal emergency treatment failed to restore an acceptable circulatory state.

Results:

A total of 40 patients were treated with 4–48 μg dobutamine/kg/minute. The treatment was judged to be primary life-saving in 15 patients, the condition was improved in 16 patients, and nine patients died. Systolic blood pressures (in those who survived) rose from a mean value of 45 mmHg (range 0–80 mmHg) to 105 mmHg (range 65–180 mmHg). No tachycardia or arrhythmias were noted.

Conclusion:

This newly developed dobutamine solution is very useful in prehospital treatment of patients with circulatory failure and is recommend for use by mobile intensive care unit teams.

Keywords

dobutamineinotropemobile unitmyocardial infarctionprehospital treatmentshock
Type
Brief Report
Information
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 8 , Issue 3 , September 1993 , pp. 247 - 249
Copyright
Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 1993

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