Dexmedetomidine Premedication in Hypertensive Patients
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2013-06-01
Target enrollment:
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Summary
Hypertensive patients' often severe hypotensive response after induction of anesthesia and
excessive increase in blood pressure to stresses such as laryngoscopy, intubation, surgical
incision and extubation. There are many publications in the literature of preoperative
evaluation of patients with hypertension and perioperative treatment of hypertension but is
not sufficient about anesthetic management of these patients. Purpose of our study, was to
investigate the haemodynamic effects of dexmedetomidine and midazolam used for premedication
in hypertensive patients relative to each other and according to the normotensive patients.