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Table 2 Blood pressure on admission and after treatment with sublingual nitroglycerin

From: Sublingual nitroglycerin for early blood pressure control in hypertensive emergencies: observations from an emergency department clinical audit in Sri Lanka

 

On admission

5 min after spray

10 min after spray

Mean

Reduction from baseline (%)

Mean

Reduction from baseline (%)

Systolic BP

217.0 (14.7)

197.8 (13.3)

8.7

188.5 (9.6)

13.1

Diastolic BP

136.2 (9.6)

115.5 (12.6)

15.1

110.3 (9.9)

19.0

Mean BP

163.2 (8.1)

143.0 (9.9)

12.3

136.4 (7.8)

16.3

  1. Blood pressure values are mean (SD). BP blood pressure