Sodium nitroprusside: low price and safe drug to control BP during thrombolysis in AIS

• Published in: Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria Vol. 73; no. 9; pp. 755 - 758
• Main Authors: Koslyk, Jessyca L, Ducci, Renata D, Nóvak, Edison M, Zétola, Viviane F, Lange, Marcos C
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Brazil Academia Brasileira de Neurologia - ABNEURO 01.09.2015; Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO)
• Subjects: Acute Disease; Antihypertensive Agents - economics; Antihypertensive Agents - therapeutic use; AVC isquêmico; Case-Control Studies; Female; hipertensão; Humans; Hypertension - drug therapy; Hypertension - etiology; Hypertension - physiopathology; Male; NEUROSCIENCES; nitroprussiato de sódio; Nitroprusside - economics; Nitroprusside - therapeutic use; PSYCHIATRY; segurança; Stroke - therapy; terapia trombolítica; Thrombolytic Therapy - adverse effects; Thrombolytic Therapy - economics; Thrombolytic Therapy - methods; Treatment Outcome; sodium nitroprussite; terapia trombolítica; hipertensão; safety; nitroprussiato de sódio; thrombolytic therapy; segurança; hypertension; AVC isquêmico; ischemic stroke

This study analyzes the use of sodium nitroprusside (SN) as an option to reduce blood pressure (BP) below 180/105 mmHg during the management of acute ischemic stroke (AIS) in patients submitted to intravenous thrombolysis.Method The sample was composed by 60 patients who had AIS and were submitted t...