Treatment-resistant hypertension: The challenges for drug treatment

Everyday General Practitioner Challenges: Treatment of Arterial Hypertension (2)

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Drug treatment for portal hypertension.

Pharmacological treatment of portal hypertension has played an increasing clinical role in the past 20 years. In the setting of acute variceal bleeding, drug therapy should be considered the initial treatment of choice and can be administered as soon as possible; even during the transfer of the patient to hospital. Several recent trials have reported similar efficacy to emergency sclerotherapy,...

Drug treatment of hypertension.

Drug treatment of hypertension.

High blood pressure is a risk factor which has been shown in well documented studies to be significantly associated with excess morbidity and mortality. For example, the Framingham study (Kannel, Wolf, Verter, and McNamara, 1970) showed an increased risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease in initially asymptomatic persons whose initial pressures were 160/90 mm Hg or greater. The wort...

Colistin, an option for treatment of multiple drug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Introduction: Multi-drug resistant (MDR) P. aeruginosa is constantly increasing and causing severe issues in combatting widely spread health problems. The aim of this study was to assess colistin susceptibility in MDR P. aeruginosa isolates obtained from different infection sites. Methods: Ninety clinical isolates of P. aeruginosa were collected from different hospitals of the Tabriz Univer...