Push Dose Pressors?

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Jeffrey McCarthy
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Push Dose Pressors?

Does your institution use push dose pressor (PDPs) (phenylephrine or epinephrine) outside the ORs?

If you use PDPs what safeguards did you put in place?

Have you seen errors and or ADEs with PDPs?

Where do you allow PDPs to be used?

Thanks, Jeff McCarthy
Southcoast Health

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