Nicardipine versus nitroprusside for breakthrough hypertension following carotid endarterectomy

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 16-19

  Dorman, Todd ^a,b,d   Thompson, David A ^a   Breslow, Michael J ^a,c   Lipsett, Pamela A ^a,c   Rosenfeld, Brian A ^a,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Surgery   (United States)

^c Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine ^*

^d JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Hypertension; Nicardipine; Nitroprusside; Vascular surgery

Indexed keywords

NICARDIPINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; NICARDIPINE; NITROPRUSSIDE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0035102605     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-8180(00)00231-2     Document Type: Article

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