INFECTIOUS TOXIC HYPOTENSION - EFFECT AND DOSAGE OF MIDODRINE

  • 1 January 1979
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 14  (2) , 211-216
Abstract
Midodrine is a new .alpha.-sympathicomimetic drug. The effective oral dosage in infancy and childhood is 0.06 mg/kg per dose. Its therapeutic effect in comparison with etilefrin, is shown in 120 children with pneumonia, enteritis and meningitis in a random study. A statistically significant increase in blood pressure and a decrease in heart frequency on the 1st day of treatment was noted. Midodrine is apparently qualified for the treatment of hypotension in infectious diseases.

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