Intravenous labetalol in the treatment of severe hypertension.
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Antihypertensive effectiveness of intravenous labetalol in accelerated hypertension.
Labetalol, an antihypertensive agent that blocks both beta- and alpha-adrenergic receptors, was administered intravenously to 19 patients with accelerated hypertension who required rapid lowering of blood pressure. Systolic blood pressure was lowered from 209 +/- 4 to 143 +/- 2 mm Hg; diastolic blood pressure was reduced from 140 +/- 2 to 93 +/- 2 mm Hg. Side-effects were minimal and included n...
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Acute blood pressure elevations are commonly treated in hospitalized patients. There are no guidelines for appropriate practice and no evidence that such treatment is useful. The authors performed a retrospective review of medical and pharmacy records to determine how often intravenous hydralazine and labetalol are ordered and administered. During a 1-year study period, a total of 29,545 hospit...
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Objective: To compare intravenous Labetalol with oral Nifedipine in their rapidity to control hypertensive emergencies of pregnancy. Design: A hospital based prospective randomized interventional comparative study. Methods: Pregnant woman with severe gestational hypertension ≥ 160/110 mm of Hg were randomized to receive intravenous Labetalol injection (in an escalating dose regimen of 20, 40, 8...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
سال: 1982
ISSN: 0306-5251
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.1982.tb01895.x