Use of oral antihypertensive medication preceding blood pressure elevation in hospitalized patients

Authors :: Macedo Cristiano Ricardo Bastos de
Noblat Antonio Carlos Beisl
Noblat Lúcia de Araújo Costa Beisl
Macedo Jeane Meire Sales de
Lopes Antonio Alberto
Source :: Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, Vol 77, Iss 4, Pp 328-331 (2001)
Publication Year :: 2001
Publisher :: Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC), 2001.
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the frequency of oral antihypertensive medication preceding the increase in blood pressure in patients in a university hospital, the drug of choice, and the maintained use of antihypertensive medication. METHODS: Data from January to June 1997 from the University Hospital Professor Edgard Santos Pharmacy concerning the prescriptions of all inpatients were used. Variables included in the analysis were: antihypertensive medication prescription preceding increase in blood pressure, type of antihypertensive medication, gender, clinical or surgical wards, and the presence of maintained antihypertensive medication. RESULTS: The hospital admitted 2,532 patients, 1,468 in surgical wards and 818 in medical wards. Antihypertensive medication prescription preceding pressure increase was observed in 578 patients (22.8%). Nifedipine was used in 553 (95.7%) and captopril in 25 (4.3%). In 50.7% of patients, prescription of antihypertensive medication was not associated with maintained antihypertensive medication. Prescription of antihypertensive drugs preceding elevation of blood pressure was significantly (p

Subjects :: hypertension
nifedipine
captopril
Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
RC666-701

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