11-23-2011, 03:15 PM
ADMINISTER EPINEPHRINE FOR SHOCK
Epinephrine is the drug of choice when resuscitating patients during anaphylactic shock. Alpha1-adrenergic effects produce vasoconstriction of both vascular capacitance and arterial resistance vessels to reverse hypotension; beta2 receptor stimulation bronchodilates and inhibits mediator release by increasing cyclic AMP in mast cells and basophils.
http://resources.metapress.com/pdf-previ...ze=largest
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/13...view#a0104
Epinephrine is the drug of choice when resuscitating patients during anaphylactic shock. Alpha1-adrenergic effects produce vasoconstriction of both vascular capacitance and arterial resistance vessels to reverse hypotension; beta2 receptor stimulation bronchodilates and inhibits mediator release by increasing cyclic AMP in mast cells and basophils.
http://resources.metapress.com/pdf-previ...ze=largest
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/13...view#a0104