DIAZOXIDE AND THE TREATMENT OF THE ACUTE HYPERTENSIVE EMERGENCY IN OBSTETRICS

John C. Pennington, Richard H. Picker

The Medical Journal of Australia · 1972 · 23 citations · 10 references

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Abstract

Diazoxide, a non-diuretic benzothiadiazine derivative, was administered intravenously to 14 patients with an acute hypertensive emergency accompanying severe preeclampsia or eclampsia. In all cases there was a prompt reduction of blood pressure to near-normal levels, the effect lasting several hours. No serious untoward effects affecting mother or baby were observed.

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