Sub–Lingual Spray Versus Pearl of TNG as A Provocative Agent for Tilt Table Test
| Autor: | Arezoo Khosravi, Ayat Shahmari, Amin Saburi, Reza Karbasi-Afshar |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Clinical Biochemistry lcsh:R lcsh:Medicine General Medicine tng spray military service Tilt table test tilt table test Internal medicine syncope Medicine In patient Original Article False positive rate business Prospective cohort study |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, Vol 7, Iss 10, Pp 2250-2252 (2013) |
| Popis: | Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the false positive ratio of Tilt Table Test (TTT) result by using TNG spray (Sub–lingual; SL) as compared to TNG pearl in patients referred to military service. Material and Methods: This was a prospective study. It was conducted on 110 cases referred for military service, expressed vasovagal symptoms. We divided the subjects into three groups; first Group (60 cases) used TNG pearl for provoking syncope in TTT, Group 2 (50 cases) and Group 3 (control cases) used TNG spray in the same dose (0.4 mg). Results: In the first step of tilt study, 10%, and 8% of subjects had fainted on not using provoking drug in cases and controls, respectively. After using the drugs, 36.6%, 96% and 18% showed positive results in pearl, spray and the control groups, respectively (p |
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