|
Author (year)
|
Cases
|
SBP ↑ (mmHg)
|
MAP ↑ (mmHg)
|
Dose range
|
|---|
|
Del Greco (1961) [25]
|
2
|
48.0
| |
1.2–1.8 mcg/min
|
|
Nassif (1963) [34]
|
2
|
87.5
| |
7–350 mcg bolus, 10.4–18.0 mcg/min
|
|
Wedeen (1963) [35]
|
11
|
57.0a
| |
1.5–36.0 mcg/min
|
|
Beenlands (1964) [36]
|
17
|
b
| |
1–36 mcg/min
|
|
Udhoji (1964) [26]
|
3
| |
45.0c
|
N/A
|
|
Belle (1965) [37]
|
1
|
16.0
| |
50–250 mg/day
|
|
Geary (1990) [38]
|
1
| |
30.0
|
6 mcg/min
|
|
Trilli (1994) [21]
|
1
|
24.0
| |
8.5–9.0 mcg/min
|
|
Total
|
38
|
53.9d
|
40.0d
| |
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SBP systolic blood pressure, MAP mean arterial pressure
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aData from four responders. Seven nonresponders not included due to incomplete data
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bFrom 52.8 mmHg to > 100 mmHg in 13 of 18 patients
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cData from two patients with complete data. A third patient had incomplete data
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dWeighted average
