Please join us for the CCAS Webinar Series: Pediatric combined heart and liver transplantation: A Growing Population on January 27, 2024 at 10:30am EST. This is a joint webinar from the Congenital … [Read More...]
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CCAS is a society organized within the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia. The CCAS concept originated with cardiac anesthesia directors and other key leaders at major congenital heart disease programs, who believed there was a need for a new society because of rapid advancement of highly specialized knowledge in the field, and a great increase in the numbers of patients, including adults with congenital heart disease.
Question of the Week
A 7-year-old boy with a history of pulmonary arterial hypertension treated with sildenafil and ambrisentan presents for cardiac catheterization. After induction of anesthesia, the blood pressure decreases from 98/50 to 60/40 mmHg along with a decrease in oxygen saturation from 97% from 88%. Which of following medications is the MOST appropriate treatment for hypotension in this patient?
A. Epinephrine
B. Vasopressin
C. Dopamine