|
Author (year)
|
Number of cases
|
SBP ↑ (mmHg)
|
MAP ↑ (mmHg)
|
Dose range
|
|---|
|
Del Greco (1961) [25]
|
11
|
61.8
| |
0.8–130.0 mcg/min
|
|
Nassif (1963) [34]
|
6
|
129.2
| |
25–1500 mcg bolus, 8.6–68.0 mcg/min
|
|
Wedeen (1963) [35]
|
a
|
115.0
| |
2–18 mcg/min
|
|
Udhoji (1964) [26]
|
b
| |
17.5
|
c
|
|
Cohn (1965) [27]
|
22
| |
22.1
|
0.3–60.0 mcg/min
|
|
Wallace (1967) [29]
|
7
| |
22.9
|
0.75–3 mcg/min
|
|
Sorensen (1986) [32]
|
8
|
e
| |
c
|
|
Moore (1989) [33]
|
9
|
f
| |
30 ng/kg/min
|
|
Thacker (1990)
|
2
| |
27.5
|
6–7 mcg/min
|
|
Jackson (1993) [20]
|
1
|
d
| |
3–18 mcg/min
|
|
Newby (1995) [22]
|
1
|
30.0
| |
0.8–2.2 mcg/min
|
|
Tovar (1997) [23]
|
1
|
50.0
| |
5–15 mcg/min
|
|
Eyraud (1998) [30]
|
14
|
74.0
| |
2.5 mcg bolus
|
|
Total
|
90
|
80.0g
|
12.0g
| |
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SBP systolic blood pressure, MAP mean arterial pressure
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aTwo patients with complete data. One with no data was a nonresponder
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bIncludes only two patients with data
-
cData unavailable
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dFrom 50 mmHg to >100 mmHg
-
eFrom BP of 76/48 to DBP of >68
-
f20 mmHg increase from average SBP of 81.7 mmHg
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gWeighted averages
