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LABETALOL IN HYPERTENSIVE EMERGENCIES
Author(s) -
E P MacCarthy,
G W Frost,
G S Stokes
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1978.tb107932.x
Subject(s) - labetalol , blood pressure , medicine , bolus (digestion) , citation , anesthesia , computer science , world wide web
Labetalol, a combined alpha‐blocking and beta‐blocking agents, was administered by intravenous bolus to six severely hypertensive patients. The blood pressure response was unsatisfactory in every case. It is concluded that intravenous administration of labetalol is not useful in hypertensive emergencies which occur in patients who are already receiving other antihypertensive agents.