ESMOLOL

Course overview

ESMOLOL (ESMOLOL HYDROCHLORIDE) IS AN INTRAVENOUS CARDIOSELECTIVE BETA-1 ADRENERGIC ANTAGONIST. ESMOLOL IS USED IN VARIOUS SETTINGS INCLUDING URGENT CARE, PERIOPERATIVELY, AND POSTOPERATIVELY. IT IS ALSO INDICATED IN SINUS TACHYCARDIA, WHERE A RAPID RATE REQUIRES INTERVENTION SECONDARY TO OTHER COMORBIDITIES. ESMOLOL IS FURTHER FDA-APPROVED FOR TACHYCARDIA AND HYPERTENSION INDUCED BY INTUBATION. OFF-LABEL, IT IS USED FOR RATE AND RHYTHM CONTROL IN AORTIC DISSECTION, ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME, NON-ST ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, HYPERTENSIVE EMERGENCIES, THYROTOXICOSIS, REFRACTORY VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA, REFRACTORY TO DEFIBRILLATION VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION, AND TO DECREASE CATECHOLAMINE RESPONSE DURING ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY. THIS ACTIVITY WILL HIGHLIGHT THE MECHANISM OF ACTION, ADVERSE EVENT PROFILE, PHARMACOLOGY, MONITORING, AND RELEVANT INTERACTIONS OF ESMOLOL, PERTINENT FOR MEMBERS OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH CONDITIONS WHERE ESMOLOL WILL GIVE BENEFIT.