Vasoactive-Inotropic Score (VIS)
Vasoactive-inotropic score (Gaies 2010) and inotrope score (Wernovsky 1995) from vasoactive drug doses.
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Example
- Dopamine
- 0 mcg/kg/min
- Dobutamine
- 0 mcg/kg/min
- Epinephrine
- 0.05 mcg/kg/min
- Norepinephrine
- 0.1 mcg/kg/min
- Milrinone
- 0.5 mcg/kg/min
- Vasopressin
- 0 units/kg/min
Result: VIS 20.0: high vasoactive load per Gaies 2010 (>=20 associated with increased morbidity / mortality in the post-CPB cohort).
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What the result means
- <10
- Low vasoactive load per Gaies 2010 Table 2.
- 10-19
- Moderate vasoactive load per Gaies 2010 Table 2.
- >=20
- High vasoactive load per Gaies 2010 (associated with increased morbidity / mortality in the post-CPB cohort).
What you enter
- Dopamine
- Dobutamine
- Epinephrine
- Norepinephrine
- Milrinone
- Vasopressin
How this is calculated
VIS (Gaies MG, et al. Vasoactive-inotropic score after cardiopulmonary bypass. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2010;11(2):234-238). Extends the older Inotropic Score (IS: Wernovsky G, et al. Circulation. 1995;92(8):2226-2235). Read the source ↗
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