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Bein B, Christ T, Eberhart LH. Cafedrine/Theodrenaline (20:1) Is an Established Alternative for the Management of Arterial Hypotension in Germany-a Review Based on a Systematic Literature Search. Front Pharmacol. 2017;8:68doi: 10.3389/fphar.2017.00068.
Bein, B., Christ, T., & Eberhart, L. H. (2017). Cafedrine/Theodrenaline (20:1) Is an Established Alternative for the Management of Arterial Hypotension in Germany-a Review Based on a Systematic Literature Search. Frontiers in pharmacology, 868. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2017.00068
Bein, Berthold, et al. "Cafedrine/Theodrenaline (20:1) Is an Established Alternative for the Management of Arterial Hypotension in Germany-a Review Based on a Systematic Literature Search." Frontiers in pharmacology vol. 8 (2017): 68. doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2017.00068
Bein B, Christ T, Eberhart LH. Cafedrine/Theodrenaline (20:1) Is an Established Alternative for the Management of Arterial Hypotension in Germany-a Review Based on a Systematic Literature Search. Front Pharmacol. 2017 Feb 21;8:68. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2017.00068. eCollection 2017. PMID: 28270765; PMCID: PMC5318387.
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Front Pharmacol. 2017 Feb 21;8:68. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2017.00068. eCollection 2017.

Cafedrine/Theodrenaline (20:1) Is an Established Alternative for the Management of Arterial Hypotension in Germany-a Review Based on a Systematic Literature Search.

Frontiers in pharmacology

Berthold Bein, Torsten Christ, Leopold H J Eberhart

Affiliations

  1. Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Asklepios Hospital St. Georg Hamburg, Germany.
  2. Department of Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Medical Centre Hamburg-EppendorfHamburg, Germany; Germany and German Centre for Cardiovascular Research, University Medical Centre Hamburg-EppendorfHamburg, Germany.
  3. Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Philipps-University Marburg Marburg, Germany.

PMID: 28270765 PMCID: PMC5318387 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2017.00068

Abstract

A 20:1 combination of cafedrine:theodrenaline (Akrinor®) is widely used in Germany for the treatment of hypotensive states during anesthesia and in emergency medicine. Although this drug formulation has been available since 1963, there are few studies relating to its use and many of the data are only available in German. In this article, we summarize the available data and propose mechanisms for the effects of cafedrine/theodrenaline on cardiac muscle cells and vascular smooth muscle cells. Cafedrine/theodrenaline leads to a rapid increase in mean arterial pressure that is characterized by increased cardiac preload, stroke volume, and cardiac output. Systemic vascular resistance and heart rate remain mostly unchanged. Factors which impact the effects of cafedrine/theodrenaline are gender, high arterial pressure at baseline, use of β-blockers, and heart failure. Importantly, the drug is frequently used in obstetric anesthesia without detrimental effects on umbilical cord pH or APGAR score.

Keywords: arterial hypotension: treatment; cafedrine/theodrenaline drug combination; heart frequency; inotropy; obstetric anesthesia; spinal hypotension: treatment

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