intravenous hydralazine is a commonly administered arteriolar vasodilator that is effective for hypertensive emergencies associated with pregnancy. oral nifedipine is an alternative in management of these patients. in this study the efficacy of nifedipine and hydralazine in pregnancy was compared in a group of iranian patients. fifty hypertensive pregnant women were enrolled in the study. a ran...

Certain chemical and pharmacological properties of sodium nitroprusside, a cheap, readily available chemical, have been described. It is a powerful hypotensive agent when given intravenously to hypertensive patients. It is no more effective than the sodium thiocyanate into which it is converted when given by mouth. Prolonged infusion has proved highly effective in the treatment of hypertensive ...

Certain chemical and pharmacological properties of sodium nitroprusside, a cheap, readily available chemical, have been described. It is a powerful hypotensive agent when given intravenously to hypertensive patients. It is no more effective than the sodium thiocyanate into which it is converted when given by mouth. Prolonged infusion has proved highly effective in the treatment of hypertensive ...

S ISCE t,he initial comm~~ni~ation of Oates etall reporting that methyldopa lowered blood pressure in hypertensive patients additional studies hal-e attested to the efficacy of this drug as an antihypertensi~e agent.‘-? Over the past 21/ years methyldopa (Aldome@) has been utilized in this clinic usuaily in conjunction with sulfonamide saluretic agents in the long-term treatment of hypertensive...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW Systemic hypertension (HTN) is a common medical condition affecting over 1 billion people worldwide. One to two percent of patients with HTN develop acute elevations of blood pressure (hypertensive crises) that require medical treatment. However, only patients with true hypertensive emergencies require the immediate and controlled reduction of blood pressure with an intravenou...

Arterial hypertension and chronic kidney disease are mutually interconnected. Uncontrolled arterial along with diabetes is one of the two most common causes end-stage disease. On other hand, disease, as well renal artery stenosis, results in development hypertension. Hypertensive crisis target-organ damage, also known a hypertensive emergency, serious complication which however becoming less fr...

Combination therapy of hypertension with separate agents or a fixed-dose combination pill offers the potential to lower blood pressure more quickly, obtain target blood pressure, and decrease adverse effects. Antihypertensive agents from different classes may offset adverse reactions from each other, such as a diuretic decreasing edema occurring secondary to treatment with a calcium channel blo...

mirtazapine is a new antidepressant that can increase noradrenergic and serotonergic neurotransmission. it is also a postsynaptic antagonist of 5-ht2 and 5-ht3. in addition, it has only a weak affinity for 5-ht1 receptors and has very weak muscarinic anticholinergic and histamine (h1) antagonist properties. we report a case of hypertensive urgency that ensued after a patient took a single low d...

Direct laryngoscopy and intubation can lead to increase in heart rate blood pressure by 20-27% 30-50% respectivelyIt produces stimulation of laryngeal tracheal sensory receptors resulting a marked the release sympathetic amines may cause hypertensive crisis.Clonidine has anti-hypertensive properties helps enhance effects anaesthetic agents while decreasing their requirements intraoperatively si...