Beta-blockers in hypertension: adding insult to injury.

Beta blockers and the elderly with glaucoma: are we adding insult to injury?

Causes and consequences of increased sympathetic activity in renal disease.

Much evidence indicates increased sympathetic nervous activity (SNA) in renal disease. Renal ischemia is probably a primary event leading to increased SNA. Increased SNA often occurs in association with hypertension. However, the deleterious effect of increased SNA on the diseased kidney is not only caused by hypertension. Another characteristic of renal disease is unbalanced nitric oxide (NO) ...

Current endoscopic therapy of variceal bleeding.

Variceal ligation has proved more effective and safer than sclerotherapy and is currently the endoscopic treatment of choice for oesophageal varices. In acute bleeding, vasoactive drugs should be started before endoscopy and maintained for 2-5 days. The efficacy of drugs is improved when associated with emergency endoscopic therapy. Antibiotic prophylaxis should also be used. To prevent rebleed...

[Should beta-blockers remain first choice in the treatment of primary hypertension?].

BACKGROUND Beta blockers have been used widely in the treatment of hypertension and are recommended as first-line drugs in hypertension guidelines. However, a preliminary analysis has shown that atenolol is not very effective in hypertension. We aim to substantially enlarge the data on atenolol and analyse the effect of different beta blockers. METHODS The Cochrane Library and PubMed were sea...

Investigating the Consistancy Rate of Hypertension Treatment through Guide Line JNC-7, in Patients Who Were Referred to Health Centers and Health Houses of Fasa University of Medical Sciences 2012

 Background & Objective: Choosing antihypertensive as a drug for treating hypertension is the most important part of its treatment. The present study was done in investigating the consistancy rate of hypertension treatment through Guide Line JNC-7 in patients who were referred to health centers and health houses of Fasa University of Medical Sciences in 2012.   Materials & Methods: In thi...