PMID: 7009424Jan 1, 1981Paper

Influence of hospitalization and placebo therapy on blood pressure and sympathetic function in essential hypertension

Hypertension
V HossmannC T Dollery

Abstract

The decline in blood pressure (BP) in essential hypertensives following hospitalization may result from: 1) regression toward the mean; 2) reduction of anxiety as patients habituate to a new environment; 3) the placebo effect of medication; and 4) an independent effect of hospitalization itself. A randomized crossover study of 12 essential hypertensives demonstrated a fall in supine blood pressure from 165.0/97.9 +/- 2.3/1.1 mm Hg to 154.3/89.6 +/- 2.7/1.1 mm Hg (p less than 0.005) due to hospitalization. A similar reduction in BP from 164.9/99.5 +/- 8.4/4.1 mm Hg to 151.9/93.4 +/- 4.5/1.9 mm Hg (p less than 0.005) resulted from regression toward the mean and habituation during the study period. Urinary catecholamines fell from 68.7 +/- 5.0 to 55.1 +/- 4.3 micrograms/g creatinine/24 hours (p less than 0.05) due to hospitalization and from 56.1 +/- 5.4 to 49.7 +/- 4.3 micrograms/g creatinine/24 hours (p less than 0.05) with time. Although placebo therapy tended to reduce BP, it failed to do so significantly. When expressed as a percentage of the individual's overall mean, urinary catecholamine excretion fell from 110.5% +/- 3.7% to 89.5% +/- 3.7% (p less than 0.001) during hospitalization and from 105.8% +/- 3.9% to 94.2% +/- 3....Continue Reading

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