Why the study?
Does nitroglycerin ointment reduce systolic blood pressure by 20 mm Hg or more in adult noncardiac inpatients with acute hypertension?
Population
72 adult noncardiac inpatients with an episode of acute hypertension that resulted in the administration of…
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May support nitroglycerin ointment for acute hypertension; hypothesis-generating and should not change practice without randomized trials.
Does nitroglycerin ointment reduce systolic blood pressure by 20 mm Hg or more in adult noncardiac inpatients with acute hypertension?
Topical nitroglycerin ointment may be an effective option for treating acute hypertension in hospitalized noncardiac patients, achieving a ≥20 mm Hg systolic blood pressure reduction in 42% of applications.
Brower et al. (2014) studied this question.
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