Question 1

what is a duel isotope dobutamine test?

Accepted Answer

Cardiac stress Test: This is a form of cardiac stress testing where two different radioactive isotopes are used to visualize the heart muscle at rest and during stress. Dobutamine is a chemical that is used to increase your heart rate and simulate walking on the treadmill.

Question 2

how likely am i to panic while having a dobutamine stress test?

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Panic stress test: My dearest...Probably not more likely than during any other test... Panick attacks are a personal response to a trigger, consciously or not. If you are well instructed/educated about the test, it should lower pre test anxiety. Understand that Dobutamine will increase heart rate and may be perceived as a "stronger" heart beat. Talk to your doctor about your concerns. Good luck! go for it :-).

Question 3

what is the care of a patient on dobutamine for chf?

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Low salt & fluid: Salt and fluid restriction is the mainstay to help a patient with CHF on Dobutamine drip whether outpatient or inpatient.  In the hospitalized patient, close monitoring of blood pressure and rhythm are required.

Question 4

help please! is dobutamine a beta blocker?

Accepted Answer

No: Dobutamine is a beta agonist, the opposite of a beta blocker.

Question 5

can you describe a dobutamine stress test?

Accepted Answer

IV Chemical Stress: An intravenous is started . A radioactive substance is given and a picture of the heart muscle at rest is taken. Then Dobutamine is dripped in to increase the heart rate ( instead of walking on a treadmill) . Then another picture is taken of the heart muscle. The pictures are compared. The pictures look like donuts. If there is a bite out of the donut , that means less or no blood is going there.

Question 6

is dobutamine safe to given in a nursing home setting?

Accepted Answer

No: No , the patient should be more closely monitored than the nursing home staffing usually allows.

Question 7

what other test can be done to check heart besides a dobutamine test?

Accepted Answer

Echo stress: An echo stress or Adenosine thalium stress.

Question 8

i am going for a dobutamine stress echo cardiogram? what should i expect?

Accepted Answer

Heart test: A cardiac sonographer will place electrodes on ur chest attached 2 an EKG monitor that charts ur heart’s electrical activity.  They will perform a resting ekg, measure your resting heart rate & take your blood pressure. A dr or nurse will give the Dobutamine into ur IV while the they continue 2 obtain echo images. It will cause your heart to react as if you were exercising, your heart will go fast.

Question 9

can you put dobutamine and heaparin in the same iv?

Accepted Answer

Yes: But they should obviously run on different pumps so that they can each be titrated.

Question 10

can dobutamine be a vasoconstrictor?

Accepted Answer

No: It increases cardiac contractility and may cause vessels to dilate.

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