A scarcity of dobutamine is starting to hit home for cardiologists, surgeons, and patients around the United States, catching some hospitals off guard despite warnings for months that supplies were ...

Dobutamine infusion was started at 5 µg/kg/min and increased by 5-µg/kg/min increments at 2-minute intervals to a minimum of 30 µg/kg/min and a maximum of 40 µg/kg/min or until the patient ...

A study in the Journal of Critical Care aimed to characterize the cardiovascular responses to dobutamine in patients with septic shock, according to MDLinx.

After 1-h reoxygenation, pigs were randomized to: control group (no treatment), dobutamine infusion at a rate of 10–15 or 15–20 µg/kg/min. Dobutamine groups received two dobutamine doses ...

Dobutamine infusion is most often initiated to treat patients with decompensated heart failure, in the hope that its hemodynamic effects will enhance cardiac output and facilitate diuresis.

The results of the double-blind test showed that dobutamine increased heart rate, cardiac index and stroke volume index, which increased in 52 percent of the patients. Patient blood pressure remained ...