A Comparative Study between a Calcium Channel Blocker (Nicardipine) and a Combined {Alpha}-ß-Blocker (Labetalol) for the Control of Emergence Hypertension During Craniotomy for Tumor Surgery

• Main Authors: Kross, R., Ferri, E., Leung, Denis H. Y., Pratila, M., Broad, C., Veronesi, M., Melendez, J. A.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2000
• Subjects: Econometrics; Medicine and Health Sciences
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/12
• Institution: Singapore Management University

We compared the efficacy of the combination of enalaprilat/labetalol with that of enalaprilat/nicardipine to prevent emergence postcraniotomy hypertension. A prospective, randomized open labeled clinical trial was designed to compare the incidence of breakthrough hypertension (systolic blood pressur...