scholarly journals EXPERIENCE AND PROSPECTS FOR ТНЕ USE OF COLLECALCIPHEROL IN ТНЕ COMPLEX TREATMENT OF ESSENTIAL ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION IN CHILDREN

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 63-67
Author(s):  
A. V. Dubovaya ◽  
Уи.V. Naumenko

The prevalence of arterial hypertension in children ranges from 1 to 25 %, depending on age and the selected criteria. Vitamin D can affect blood pressure (BP) through several mechanisms. The most important function of vitamin D is its role in the regulation of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system. The only metabolite of vitamin D that is used to determine its content in the human body is 25 (OH) D (calcidiol). The data on the effect of vitamin D on blood pressure in adolescents are contradictory, indicating a lack of knowledge of this issue. Objective: to evaluate the effectiveness of the use of an aqueous solution of vitamin D3 in the complex treatment of children with essential hypertension. Materials and methods. We examined 30 children (24 boys and 6 girls) aged 13 to 17 years with essential hypertension who had a deficiency of 25 (OH) D in blood serum, the treatment complex of which was supplemented with an aqueous solution of vitamin D3 at 1500 IU/day for 3 months. The control group consisted of 30 children (20 boys and 10 girls) with essential hypertension who received standard therapy. Results. In the main group, after 3 months of taking colecalciferol, a statistically significant normalization of vitamin D levels was documented in 15 (50.0 %) patients, an average of 33.26±1.2 ng/ml. Vitamin D deficiency persisted in 8 (26.6 %) children, vitamin D deficiency persisted in 7 (23.3 %) patients, which served as a basis for increasing the dose of colecalciferol to 2000 IU and continuing to take the drug for another 1 month with a reevaluation serum 25 (OH) D content. A study of the dynamics of blood pressure with the addition of complex treatment with colecalciferol showed that in 24 (80.0 %) children the level of blood pressure decreased, which was statistically significantly more often in comparison with the control group (53.3 %, p<0.05): systolic blood pressure decreased from 142.6±2.4 mm Hg up to 125±0.6 mm Hg (p<0.05), diastolic blood pressure – with 80.2±1.3 mm Hg up to 78.5±1.5 mm Hg. Normalization of blood pressure in the main group was detected after 31±4 days, while in the control group after 60±7 days (p<0.05). There were no adverse reactions during treatment. Conclusions: The positive effect of the drug is proved, which consists in restoring the normal content of 25 (OH) D in blood plasma and reducing systolic blood pressure.

2018 ◽  
Vol 69 (6) ◽  
pp. 1550-1553
Author(s):  
Rosana Manea ◽  
Bianca Elena Popovici ◽  
Carmen Daniela Neculoiu ◽  
Dan Minea ◽  
Alina Calin

Hypertension is a major risk factor for progression of the atherosclerotic process and for developing of degenerative cardiovascular diseases in adulthood. The aim of this study is to evaluate how the measurement of carotid intima - media thickness for prediction of essential hypertension in children can be used.The study group included 81 children and the control group 61 children, all aged between 5 - 17 years and 11 months old, and admitted in Children Hospital Brasov in the period of 2009 � 2014. The study protocol included: BMI, blood pressure and Doppler echography of the common carotid artery for each group. Mean age of the patients from the study group was 13.67 years, 43.20 % girls and 56.80 % boys, while in the control group, the mean age was 14.07 years, 54.10% girls and 45.90 % boys. 70.37% of the children from the study group presented obesity, while in the control group 40.98% were obese. The IMTC study group ranged from 0.52 - 0.69 mm and the limits of the normotensive subjects were 0.32 -0.54 mm. In both groups the obese patients were found to have increased carotid artery intima-media, which means that IMTC was positively correlated with BMI (p=0.000001).It is necessary to identify diagnostic methods easily applicable for children, allowing involvement of the characteristics of the arterial wall in the degenerative pathological processes. Increased intima-media ratio is positively correlated with high values of blood pressure.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Fushun Zhang ◽  
Yuanyuan Zhang ◽  
Nan Jiang ◽  
Qiao Zhai ◽  
Juanjuan Hu ◽  
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Background. Some studies published previously have shown a strong correlation between hypertension and psychological nature including impulsion emotion or mindfulness and relaxation temperament, among which mindfulness and relaxation temperament might have a benign influence on blood pressure, ameliorating the hypertension. However, the conclusion was not confirmed. Objective. The meta-analysis was performed to investigate the influence of mindfulness and relaxation on essential hypertension interventions and confirm the effects. Methods. Systematic searches were conducted in common English and Chinese electronic databases (i.e., PubMed/MEDLINE, EMBASE, Web of Science, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Cochrane Library, and Chinese Biomedical Literature Database) from 1980 to 2020. A meta-analysis including 5 studies was performed using Rev Man 5.4.1 software to estimate the influence of mindfulness and relaxation on blood pressure, ameliorating the hypertension. Publication bias and heterogeneity of samples were tested using a funnel plot. Studies were analyzed using either a random-effect model or a fixed-effect model. Results. All the 5 studies investigated the influence of mindfulness and relaxation on diastolic and systolic blood pressure, with total 205 participants in the control group and 204 in the intervention group. The random-effects model (REM) was used to calculate the pooled effect for mindfulness and relaxation on diastolic blood pressure (I2 = 0%, t2 = 0.000, P = 0.41 ). The random pooled effect size (MD) was 0.30 (95% CI = −0.81–1.42, P = 0.59 ). REM was used to calculate the pooled effect for mindfulness and relaxation on systolic blood pressure (I2 = 49%, t2 = 3.05, P = 0.10 ). The random pooled effect size (MD) was −1.05 (95% CI = −3.29–1.18, P = 0.36 ). The results of this meta-analysis were influenced by publication bias to some degree. Conclusion. All the results showed less influence of mindfulness and relaxation might act on diastolic or systolic blood pressure, when mindfulness and relaxation are used to intervene in treating CVD and hypertension.


2021 ◽  
Vol 125 (3) ◽  
pp. 32-43
Author(s):  
Oleksandr Tkachyshyn

The aim of the study was to compare blood pressure and electrocardiogram indices, assessed by their daily monitoring, and anamnestic data on mild traumatic brain injury between a group of patients with essential hypertension ≥6 months after a hemorrhagic stroke and a group of patients with essential hypertension without complications. Materials and methods. The total number of examined patients was 198 people, who were divided into 2 groups: the main (n = 94; age – 54,4±8,8 years, M±σ years) and the control (n = 104; age – 53,7±8,9 years) one. Patients in the main group suffered a hemorrhagic stroke as a complication of essential hypertension ≥6 months ago. The control group included patients with essential hypertension, stage II. In both groups of patients, the parameters of 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and electrocardiogram were determined. Results. The indices of 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in the main group and the control group were the following ones, respectively: the mean daytime systolic blood pressure was 109,6±1,6 and 121,1±1,1 mm Hg, the minimal one was 74,4±2,0 mm Hg and 82,3±12,5 mm Hg, and the maximal one was 168,2±1,9 and 161,9±1,7 mm Hg, p<0,05. The daytime sigma systolic blood pressure (17,9±0,6) and its average real variability of (11,31±2,52 mm Hg) were bigger in the main group (p<0,05). The daytime index of the hyperbaric load of systolic blood pressure was bigger in the main group: it was 403,6±25,9 against 231,7±12,1 mm Hg×h in the comparison group (p<0,05). The mean, minimum and maximum heart rate at night were significantly lower in the main group (p<0,05). The QTcmin index was significantly lower in the main group in contrast to the control one – 286,28±43,34 and 336,69±22,55, and the QT variance was greater – 232,56±44,55 –  in comparison to the control group (188,31±33,67) (p<0,05). From the anamnestic data of patients, a significantly higher prevalence of mild traumatic brain injury was found in 37,4% (35 patients out of 94) in the main group relative to the control one – 13,5% (14 out of 104), p<0,05. Conclusions: The results of the study indicate the larger ranges of blood pressure variability in patients with essential hypertension complicated with hemorrhagic stroke, which can be caused by impaired autoregulation according to the QTc interval data. In combination with the disturbances of cerebral circulation, caused by the injury of the brain due to the hemorrhagic stroke alone or in combination with mild traumatic brain injury episode, such a situation may lead to the development of recurrent stroke.


2021 ◽  
pp. 72-74
Author(s):  
Deepak Jain ◽  
Ajith Thomas ◽  
Rajinder Singh Gupta

Background: The association of raised serum uric acid levels with various cardiovascular risk factors has often led to the debate of whether raised serum uric acid levels could be an independent risk factor in essential hypertension. Hence, the present study was conducted for assessing the serum uric acid levels in cases of essential hypertension and comparing them with normal healthy, non-hypertensive controls. Materials & Methods: Sixty patients visiting in the department of general medicine, MMIMSR with newly diagnosed cases of essential hypertension [according to the Indian guidelines on Hypertension(IGH) III-2013] , fullling the inclusion criteria and after verifying the exclusion criteria were nally taken up for the study. Sixty controls of age and sex matched were taken from the same catchment area. Results: The mean age of the subjects of the essential hypertension group and control group was found to be 45.75 years and 47.8 years respectively. Mean systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure among the subjects of the essential hypertension group was 161.3 and 102.3 mm of Hg. Mean systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure among the subjects of the control group was 116.8 and 77.4 mm of Hg. Mean serum uric acid levels among the subjects of the essential hypertension group and control group was found to be 6.45 mg/dL and 5.57 mg/dLrespectively. Signicant results were obtained while comparing the mean serum uric acid levels among the subjects of the essential hypertension group and the control group. Hyperuricemia was present in 38.33 percent of the patients (23 patients) of the essential hypertension group and 13.33 percent of the patients (8 patients) of the control group. Signicant results were obtained while comparing the prevalence of hyperuricemia in between the two study groups.Conclusion: An independent relationship of elevated serum uric acid levels with hypertension and indicates the signicance of maintaining normal serum uric acid concentration to prevent hypertension.


10.12737/7223 ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 0-0
Author(s):  
Поспелова ◽  
A. Pospelova ◽  
Михайлова ◽  
A. Mikhaylova

The high prevalence of hypertension requires the development of new approaches to the treatment of this pathology. The purpose of this work is to evaluate the efficacy of complex treatment of patients with arterial hypertension stage I and II with by means of the injections of antihomotoxic medicaments in acupuncture points and the using only standard pharmacotherapy. The patients were divided into 2 study groups: the first group of patients received a comprehensive therapy with homeopathy and acupuncture, the second group (con-trol group) received only standard pharmacotherapy. For objectification of the results of treatment, patients were examined: REG, USDG of the brain vessels, Holter monitoring of blood pressure, ECG, cholesterol, and triglyceride levels, clinical and psychological research (MMPI), as well as electro-punctural Voll diagnostic. It was found that the effectiveness of treatment in the study group was significantly higher than in control group. It was established significant dynamics of blood pressure parameters, improvement the results of the ultrasound diagnostics of the brain vessels, decrease of cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, triglycerides, decrease the severity of anxiety, fatigue, normalization of the skin conductivity in the points of the meridians &#34;Circula-tion&#34; and &#34;Nervous system&#34;. The significant improvement was in 98.6% of patients, and in 86.5% of the control group.


2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 971
Author(s):  
Divya V. Patil ◽  
Tarun Kumar Dutta

Background: Vitamin D, a fat-soluble vitamin is produced when ultraviolet rays from sunlight strike the skin. Literature data supports, there is a relationship between low vitamin D and pathogenesis of cardiovascular diseases and arterial hypertension. It had been seen that lower circulating 25(OH)D levels were associated with higher blood pressures. Aim was to study the correlation between serum vitamin D3 levels and blood pressure in patients with essential hypertension and normotensive individuals.Methods: An observational study was conducted on 60 individuals in the OPD at MGMCRI between January 2018 and December 2018. Based on history and blood pressure values (JNC 7), the population was divided into cases and controls in accordance with the age and sex. Serum Vitamin D levels were measured by chemiluminescence assay and classified into deficiency (<20ng/ml), insufficiency (20-30ng/ml) and sufficiency (30-100ng/ml). Statistical analysis was done using independent t test, one way ANOVA and correlation.Results: Among the hypertensive individuals, 90% were Vitamin D deficient and 10% had insufficiency. The mean Serum Vitamin D level in essential hypertension was 14.6±4.401 (p value <0.001). Serum Vitamin D levels were affected significantly by increasing BMI (p value <0.001) and less sunlight exposure (p value <0.001) among both cases and controls. There was also a significant negative correlation between serum vitamin D levels and systolic blood pressure (p <0.001).Conclusions: Isolated systolic hypertension was associated with lower serum Vitamin D levels. Obesity and reduced sunlight exposure are factors associated with lower serum Vitamin D levels.


2020 ◽  
Vol 112 (3) ◽  
pp. 527-537
Author(s):  
Lauren A Abderhalden ◽  
Sandra Meyer ◽  
Bess Dawson-Hughes ◽  
E John Orav ◽  
Ursina Meyer ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Background Observational studies report higher blood pressure (BP) among individuals with lower 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration. Whether dosage of vitamin D supplementation has a differential effect on BP control remains unclear. Objective The study aimed to determine if daily vitamin D supplementation with 2000 IU is more effective than 800 IU for BP control among older adults. Methods This randomized, double-blind, ancillary trial of the Zurich Multiple Endpoint Vitamin D Trial in Knee Osteoarthritis enrolled adults aged ≥60 y who underwent elective surgery due to severe knee osteoarthritis. Participants were randomly assigned to receive high dose (2000 IU) or standard dose (800 IU) daily vitamin D3 for 24 mo. Outcomes included daytime and 24-h mean systolic BP. BP variability and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration were examined in a post hoc and observational analysis. Results Of the 273 participants randomly assigned, 250 participants completed a follow-up 24-h ambulatory BP monitoring (mean age: 70.4 ± 6.4 y; 47.2% men). The difference in daytime mean systolic BP reduction between the 2000 IU (n = 123) and 800 IU (n = 127) groups was not statistically significant (−2.75 mm Hg vs. −3.94 mm Hg; difference: 1.18 mm Hg; 95% CI: −0.68, 3.05; P = 0.21), consistent with 24-h mean systolic BP. However, systolic BP variability was significantly reduced with 2000 IU (average real variability: −0.37 mm Hg) compared to 800 IU vitamin D3 (0.11 mm Hg; difference: −0.48 mm Hg; 95% CI: −0.94, −0.01; P = 0.045). Independent of group allocation, maximal reductions in mean BP were observed at 28.7 ng/mL of achieved serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations. Conclusions While daily 2000 IU and 800 IU vitamin D3 reduced mean systolic BP over 2 y to a small and similar extent, 2000 IU reduced mean systolic BP variability significantly more compared with 800 IU. However, without a placebo control group we cannot ascertain whether vitamin D supplementation effectively reduces BP. This trial was registered at www.clinicaltrials.gov as NCT00599807.


2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (01) ◽  
pp. 33-44
Author(s):  
N.L.G. Sudaryati ◽  
I P. Sudiartawan ◽  
Dwi Mertha Adnyana

The aim of the study was to determine the effectiveness of giving hydrotherapi foot soak in hypertensive patients. The study was conducted with one group pretestposttest design without a control group by measuring blood pressure (pretest) before being given an intervention in the form of foot soak hydrotherm against 15 people with hypertension in Banjar Sri Mandala, Dauhwaru Village, Jembrana Subregency. Then do the blood pressure measurement again (posttest) after finishing the intervention. After the study was completed, the results showed that before the hydrotherapi foot bath intervention, there were 0% of patients classified as normal, 13.32% in prehypertension category, 60.08% in hypertension category I and 26.60% in hypertension category II. After the intervention was given, there were 13.32% of the patients classified as normal, 66.68% in the prehypertension category, 20.00% in the first category of hypertension and no patients belonging to the second grade hypertension category. There is a decrease of 20-30 mmHg for systolic blood pressure and 0-10 mmHg for diastolic blood pressure after intervention. Based on the results of the study it can be concluded that the hydrotherapi foot bath is effectively used to reduce blood pressure in hypertensive patients in the Banjar Sri Mandala, Dauhwaru Village, Jembrana District.


2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 1426
Author(s):  
Bok-Nam Seo ◽  
Ojin Kwon ◽  
Siwoo Lee ◽  
Ho-Seok Kim ◽  
Kyung-Won Kang ◽  
...  

Postmenopausal women have a higher prevalence of hypertension compared to premenopausal women. Hypertension is a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, the prevalence of which is ever increasing. This study investigated the effects of long-term acupuncture on lowering the blood pressure of postmenopausal women with prehypertension and stage 1 hypertension. Participants were 122 postmenopausal women aged less than 65 years, diagnosed with prehypertension or stage 1 hypertension (systolic blood pressure 120–159 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure 80–99 mmHg). We used a propensity score-matched design. The experimental group (n = 61) received acupuncture for four weeks every six months over a period of two years. The control group (n = 61) received no intervention. An Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was performed for the primary efficacy analysis. Relative risk ratios were used to compare group differences in treatment effects. Acupuncture significantly reduced the participants’ diastolic blood pressure (−9.92 mmHg; p < 0.001) and systolic blood pressure (−10.34 mmHg; p < 0.001) from baseline to follow-up. The results indicate that acupuncture alleviates hypertension in postmenopausal women, reducing their risk of developing cardiovascular diseases and improving their health and quality of life.


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