Grant: Project Grant

Vasopressors are medicines that help raise blood pressure. Doctors often use them in emergency rooms, operating rooms, and intensive care units, especially for very sick patients whose blood pressure drops too low for different reasons. Interestingly, there isn't much strong evidence about how best to use these medicines, and some new studies suggest they might actually be more harmful than low blood pressure itself. Our earlier research, including work with international partners, has highlighted the need to better understand what vasopressors do overall. Now, we want to bring together scientists from Canada, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand to study how different blood pressure targets affect the use of vasopressors. This study will be part of the Canadian Critical Care platform, which tests common but not well-studied supportive treatments for critically ill patients.