A case of acute renal failure in association with a deliberate labetalol overdose is described. The possible pathogenetic mechanisms behind the deterioration in renal function are discussed. Treatment of beta-blockade overdose, with special emphasis on the place of glucagon in such poisoning, is reviewed.

Twenty patients undergoing various surgical procedures were anaesthetised using hypotensive anaesthesia using labetalol and halothane. The technique is safe, predictable and cheap. This technique also offers the advantage of usage of less blood, thus minimising the complications of transfusion induced diseases like hepatitis and AIDS.

A simple and sensitive spectrophotometric method was developed for the determination of labetalol HCl (LBT) and lercanidipine HCl (LER) in pure form and in dosage forms. The method was based upon oxidation of the LBT and LER with Fe(+3) and the estimation of the produced Fe(+2) with 1,10-phenanthroline. The absorbance of the tris(1,10-phenanthroline) Fe(+2) complex was measured at 510 nm. React...

The electrochemical oxidation of labetalol was investigated by cyclic, linear sweep and differential pulse voltammetry at carbon paste electrode in Britton—Robinson buffers over the pH range 2.0—10.0. For analytical purposes, a well-defined adsorption-controlled anodic peak was obtained in Britton—Robinson buffer at pH 2.0. By anodic adsorptive linear sweep and differential pulse voltammetry, l...

Objective: To observe the efficacy of magnesium sulfate and labetalol combined therapy in early-onset severe preeclampsia. Methods: One hundred and twenty cases of pregnant women with early-onset severe preeclampsia admitted to our hospital from January 2010 to December 2014 were included in this study. The subjects were randomly divided into two groups: the study group and the control group. T...