ANGIOTENSIN II

Course overview

ANGIOTENSIN IS A PEPTIDE ENDOCRINE HORMONE AND AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN-ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM, AN INTER-RELATED ENDOCRINE SYSTEM IMPORTANT IN VOLUME AND BLOOD PRESSURE CONTROL. ANGIOTENSINOGEN, AN ALPHA-GLOBULIN, AND THE PEPTIDE PROHORMONE IS SYNTHESIZED PRIMARILY BY THE LIVER AND CIRCULATES IN PLASMA. ANGIOTENSIN II (AT-II) HAS RECENTLY RECEIVED FDA APPROVAL FOR USE IN PATIENTS IN SHOCK. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE INDICATIONS, CONTRAINDICATIONS, ACTIVITY, ADVERSE EVENTS, AND OTHER KEY ELEMENTS OF AT-II THERAPY IN THE CLINICAL SETTING AS RELATES TO THE ESSENTIAL POINTS NEEDED BY MEMBERS OF AN INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM MANAGING THE CARE OF PATIENTS PRESENTING WITH SHOCK.