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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-3-8
pubmed:abstractText
Thirty-seven patients with severe hypertension were randomly assigned to receive 20 mg of ketanserin sublingually, 10 mg of ketanserin intravenously, or 20 mg of nifedipine sublingually. Systolic and diastolic blood pressures fell significantly after the three treatments. The maximum effects were reached 25 minutes after sublingual ketanserin (with decreases of 7.7% in systolic and 7.1% in diastolic blood pressure), six minutes after intravenous ketanserin (decreases of 9.4% and 9.6%, respectively), and 25 minutes after sublingual nifedipine (decreases of 16.9% and 15.9%, respectively). Blood pressure returned to pretreatment levels 20 minutes after intravenous ketanserin. Heart rate increased significantly in the group receiving nifedipine. No changes in plasma aldosterone, sodium, or potassium levels or in erythrocyte sodium and potassium levels were found after ketanserin. It is concluded that even intravenous ketanserin is inferior to sublingual nifedipine in the control of blood pressure.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0149-2918
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
834-40
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Sublingual and intravenous ketanserin versus sublingual nifedipine in the treatment of severe hypertension: a randomized study.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of General Clinical Medicine, University of Sassari, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Randomized Controlled Trial