Herein, we report a patient with chronic renal failure (CRF) and refractory hypertension with NVC of the RVLM who exhibited prominent BP decrease and improved renal function with an α2 adrenergic agonist, clonidine. The patient was a 54-year-old man with CRF and was referred to our hospital...
Clinic BP and pulse rate (PR) were measured from 1100 to 1200 h while the patient was seated and after at least 5 min of rest, using an automated oscillometric sphygmomanometer (MPV3301, Nihon Kohden, Tokyo, Japan). Three measurements were obtained 2 min apart at each time point. ...
Clonidine may potentiate the CNS-depressive effects of alcohol, barbiturates or other sedating drugs. If a patient receiving clonidine hydrochloride is also taking tricyclic antidepressants, the hypotensive effect of clonidine may be reduced, necessitating an increase in the clonidine dose. If a patient...
The response to oral clonidine hydrochloride loading in 36 severely hypertensive patients is presented. Each patient initially received 0.2 mg of
Clonidine appears to be a reliable, sensitive, and safe out-patient stimulation test of growth hormone reserve in prepubertal children, whereas metoclopramide seems not to be a suitable growth hormone-releasing agent in this age group.doi:10.1016/S0022-3476(82)80569-6Roberto Lanes...
Additional Information How to Cite da Silva, P. S. L., Passos, R. M. A. and Waisberg, D. R. (2011), Withdrawal treatment with clonidine after prolonged use of chloral hydrate in a pediatric intensive care patient. Pediatric Anesthesia, 21: 1082–1083. doi: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2011.0...
Download PDFs Help Help A case of retained common duct stone is reported. The patient refused another operation, and a chenodeoxycholic acid treatment was instituted. After twelve months of this treatment the retained stone disappeared. One year later, no clinical manifestations were observed. The ...
Catapres庐 (clonidine hydrochloride, USP) tablets: prescribing information [online]. Available from URL: http://bidocs.boehringer-ingelheim.com/BIWebAccess/ViewServlet.ser?docBase=renetnt&folderpath=/Prescribing+Information/PIs/Catapres+Tabs/CatapresTabs.pdf [Accessed 2011 Jul 26]...
hypotension and bradycardia are the main adverse effects of epidural clonidine. In general, clonidine did not intensify decreases in either BP or HR when combined with opioids and/or local anaesthetics. Rebound hypertension has been reported in a single patient after abrupt cessation of epidural cloni...
No patient in the clonidine and clonidine plus ropivacaine groups complained for tourniquet pain, indicating the success of the femoral block as a supplement of perioperative analgesia. On the contrary, all patients in the control group complained for tourniquet pain. Figure 3 CAS pain between ...