Hemodynamic Effects of Adrenergic Agonists

Drug	Heart Rate	Cardiac Output	Systemic Vascular Resistance	Venous Return	Renal Blood Flow
Phenylephrine	Decreased	Decreased	Increased	Increased	Decreased
Norepinephrine	Decreased	Decreased	Increased	Increased	Decreased
Epinephrine	Increased	Increased	Increased	Increased	Decreased
Ephedrine	Increased	Increased	Increased	Increased	Unpredictable
Dopamine	No change	Increased	Decreased to no change	Increased	Increased
Dobutamine	Increased	Increased	Decreased to no change	Unpredictable	Increased to no change
Isoproterenol	Increased	Increased	Decreased	Decreased	Increased to no change