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Trial reportMedical archives (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina)2015

Emergency Room Treatment of Hypertensive Crises.

Sabina Salkic, Selmira Brkic, Olivera Batic-Mujanovic, Farid Ljuca, Almedina Karabasic, Sehveta Mustafic

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Trial report in Medical archives (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina), 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Sabina SalkicEmergency Medical Service Department, Community Health Care Center Tuzla.
Selmira BrkicDepartment of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tuzla.
Olivera Batic-MujanovicFamily Medicine Education Centre, Community Health Care Center Tuzla.
Farid LjucaDepartment of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tuzla.
Almedina KarabasicPublic Health Institution Gradske apoteke Tuzla.
Sehveta MustaficBiochemistry Institute, University Clinical Centre Tuzla.
University of Tuzla · BACommunity Care · USUniversity Clinical Center Tuzla · BA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimThe aim of the study was to evaluate efficiency of hypertensive urgency treatment using inhibitors of α1-adrenergic receptors and angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors-ACE inhibitors in the Emergency Room of Outpatient Hospital and Polyclinic "dr Mustafa Šehovic" Tuzla in relation to age, duration and severity of hypertension.

methodsThe study was conducted from June 2011 to May 2012 and included 120 patients of both sexes diagnosed with arterial hypertension, aged 40 to 80 with verified hypertensive urgency. The patients were divided into two groups: the control group treated with sublingual captopril and the experimental group treated intravenously with urapidil.

resultsThe results show that the largest number of patients belonged to age group from 60 to 69 years (34,16%), and the average age was 58 (11). The largest number of patients (38,0%) had verified hypertension for 11 to 20 years. The average systolic/diastolic artery blood pressure at reception was 213 (19) / 130 (4) mmHg. The average systolic/diastolic artery blood pressure after the first dose of 12,5 mg captopril in the control group was 177,42 (10,91) / 112,33 (3,50) mmHg, while after the first dose of 12,5 mg urapidil it was 179,25 (16,62) / 110,33 (8,78) mmHg. The average systolic/diastolic artery blood pressure after the second dose of 12,5 mg of captopril in the control group was 152,00 (6,32) / 95,50 (3,76) mmHg, while after the second dose of 12,5 mg of urapidil it was 152,55 (7,17) / 95,29 (5,04) mmHg.

conclusionUrapidil is more efficient in hypertensive urgency treatment, since the decrease of middle artery pressure (MAP) in the group treated with urapidil was statistically significant (p<0,001). No statistical significance was found between the efficiency of urapidil and the patient's age, while captopril was more efficient in older patients (p=0,02). Also, no statistically significant difference was found between the efficiency of captopril and urapidil in relation to duration of hypertension.

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Emergency Service, HospitalAcute DiseaseAdministration, IntravenousAdministration, SublingualAdrenergic alpha-1 Receptor AntagonistsAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAngiotensin-Converting Enzyme InhibitorsAntihypertensive AgentsBlood PressureBosnia and HerzegovinaCaptoprilFemaleHumansHypertensionAdrenergic alpha-1 Receptor AntagonistsAngiotensin-Converting Enzyme InhibitorsAntihypertensive AgentsCaptoprilPiperazinesurapidilcaptoprilhypertensive crisisurapidil

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PMID26622081
PMCPMC4639340
OpenAlexW1958921956

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