Sublingual nitroglycerin for early blood pressure control in hypertensive emergencies: observations from an emergency department clinical audit in Sri Lanka

Sublingual nitroglycerin for early blood pressure control in hypertensive emergencies: observations from an emergency department clinical audit in Sri Lanka

Abstract Objective Hypertensive emergencies are potentially life threatening and require prompt blood pressure control with intravenous agents. Preparation of intravenous infusions is time consuming. Usefulness of sublingual nitroglycerin in this setting is not known. We aimed to assess the benefit...

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Main Authors: Nadarajah Prasanna, Harsha A. Dissanayake, Godwin R. Constantine
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-06-01
Series:BMC Research Notes
Subjects:
Hypertensive emergency
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Blood pressure control
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-018-3460-0

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