Definition of vasopressor in English:
vasopressor
nounveɪzəʊˈprɛsəˈveɪzoʊˌprɛsər
Medicine A drug or other agent which causes the constriction of blood vessels.
Example sentencesExamples
- In this study, abrupt drug withdrawal reinduced norepinephrine dependency in 30% of patients previously weaned from vasopressors.
- Patients with hypotension should be treated more aggressively, with fluids, inotropic agents or vasopressors as indicated to maintain perfusion and prevent extension of the infarct.
- Patients who are being treated with vasopressors should be weaned off the medications if possible.
- He was admitted to the intensive care unit in septic shock and was treated with broad-spectrum antibiotics and vasopressors.
- Central venous catheters are used for haemodynamic monitoring, giving vasopressors and cytotoxic drugs, sampling blood, and giving fluids and parenteral nutrition.
Origin
1920s: from vaso- + pressor.
Definition of vasopressor in US English:
vasopressor
nounˈvāzōˌpresərˈveɪzoʊˌprɛsər
Medicine A drug or other agent which causes the constriction of blood vessels.
Example sentencesExamples
- Central venous catheters are used for haemodynamic monitoring, giving vasopressors and cytotoxic drugs, sampling blood, and giving fluids and parenteral nutrition.
- In this study, abrupt drug withdrawal reinduced norepinephrine dependency in 30% of patients previously weaned from vasopressors.
- He was admitted to the intensive care unit in septic shock and was treated with broad-spectrum antibiotics and vasopressors.
- Patients with hypotension should be treated more aggressively, with fluids, inotropic agents or vasopressors as indicated to maintain perfusion and prevent extension of the infarct.
- Patients who are being treated with vasopressors should be weaned off the medications if possible.
Origin
1920s: from vaso- + pressor.