background: hypertension is more common in adults with type 1 diabetes mellitus (t1dm) than the general population. the aim of this study was to detect the pre-hypertensive stage in children with t1d and to evaluate its correlation with diabetic nephropathy compared to non-diabetic children. methods: this was a prospective cross-sectional study in an out-patient clinic of a university hospital....

background: lack of knowledge, attitude and practice are some of the barriers of having a healthy lifestyle and controlling high blood pressure. this study aimed to determine the effectiveness of a lifestyle modification program on knowledge, attitude and practice of hypertensive patients with angioplasty. methods: this study was a randomized controlled clinical trial conducted from november to...

BACKGROUND Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) are linked to prostate cancer, but their effect on biochemical recurrence (BR) remains unknown. Our aims were to investigate the incidence and risk of BR in men on ACEIs/ARBs after radical radiotherapy with adjuvant∖neoadjuvant hormone treatment. MATERIAL AND METHODS A propensity score analysi...

Aims: High blood pressure is one of the common main preventable risk factors for many diseases. This study aimed to psychometric properties of the cognitive determinants of hypertension self-management questionnaire among Iranian hypertensive patients based on the Intervention Mapping approach. Instrument & Methods: This psychometric study was conducted in Abadan in 2019. Content Validity Rati...

Hypertensive urgencies are common clinical occurrences in hypertensive patients. The definition of hypertensive urgencies (target blood pression) were not consistent, but involved often target end-organ damage in emergencies. Epidemiology and physiopathology are briefly described. Treatment practices of hypertensive crisis were difficult because of the lack of evidence supporting the use of one...

Hypertensive encephalopathy is an acute neurological syndrome caused by a sudden increase of systemic blood pressure (1, 2). The imaging abnormalities are predominant in the parieto-occipital subcortical white matter. The clinical and radiological abnormalities are reversible after antihypertensive treatment (3). Therefore, hypertensive encephalopathy has been called posterior reversible enceph...

OBJECTIVES A prospective study to evaluate the effect of 10% Phenylephrine eye drops on systemic blood pressure in normotensive and hypertensive patients. METHODS The sample comprised of 55 normotensive patients and 34 hypertensive patients were subjected to 10% Phenylephrine eye drops during routine eye examination. RESULTS No statistically and clinically significant increase in blood pres...

from july 1998 to november 1999 we have followed up 15712 deliveries (12044 vaginal and 3668 cesarean section) in our hospital. among these, 182 cases were primarily diagnosed as intrauterine growth restriction (iugr) and 248 pregnancies were complicated with hypertensive disorders. in these two groups we have investigated the outcome of the neonates. neonatal weight under the 10th percentile i...

Objective(s) We investigated the effects of low-dose morphine on nitric oxide (NO) and angiogenesis in two-kidney one clip hypertensive (2K1C) rats. Materials and Methods Male rats were divided into two groups: sham-clip operated and 2K1C. Each group subdivided into saline and morphine (3 mg/kg i.p. 8 weeks) groups. Blood pressure, heart rate, plasma renin activity (PRA), NO concentration an...