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NITROPRESS (NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM)
- Hypertensive crisis
- Acute decompensated heart failure
- Controlled hypotension
25 mg/mL intravenous solution
- Infuse 0.25 mcg/kg/minute by continuous infusion route titrate upwardevery few min until adequate blood pressure or rate of 10Mcg/kg/min
25 mg/mL intravenous solution
- Infuse 0.25 mcg/kg/minute by continuous infusion route titrate upwardevery few min until adequate blood pressure or rate of 10Mcg/kg/min
Acute decompensated heart failure
- Infuse 5 mcg/minute by continuous infusion route titrate every few minutes until desired effect achieved
- Infuse 10 mcg/minute by continuous infusion route titrate every few minutes until desired effect achieved
- Infuse 300 mcg/minute by continuous infusion route titrate every few minutes until desired effect achieved
Controlled hypotension
- Infuse 0.25 mcg/kg/minute by continuous infusion route titrate upwardevery few min until adequate blood pressure or rate of 10Mcg/kg/min
- Infuse 0.25 mcg/kg/minute by continuous infusion route gradually titrate upward every few minutes until adequate blood pressure is reached or a maximum rate of infusion of 10Mcg/kg/min is attained
- Infuse 0.3 mcg/kg/minute by continuous infusion route titrate upward every few min until adequate blood pressure or rate of 10Mcg/kg/min
- Infuse 0.5 mcg/kg/minute by continuous infusion route titrate upward every few min until adequate blood pressure or rate of 10Mcg/kg/min
- Infuse 3 mcg/kg/minute by continuous infusion route titrate upward every few min until adequate blood pressure or rate of 10Mcg/kg/min
- Infuse 0.3 mcg/kg/minute by continuous infusion route gradually titrate upward every few minutes until adequate blood pressure is reached or a maximum rate of infusion of 10Mcg/kg/min is attained
- Infuse 0.5 mcg/kg/minute by continuous infusion route gradually titrate upward every few minutes until adequate blood pressure is reached or a maximum rate of infusion of 10Mcg/kg/min is attained
- Infuse 3 mcg/kg/minute by continuous infusion route gradually titrateupward every few minutes until adequate blood pressure is reached or a maximum rate of infusion of 10Mcg/kg/min is attained
Hypertensive crisis
- Infuse 0.25 mcg/kg/minute by continuous infusion route titrate upwardevery few min until adequate blood pressure or rate of 10Mcg/kg/min
- Infuse 0.25 mcg/kg/minute by continuous infusion route gradually titrate upward every few minutes until adequate blood pressure is reached or a maximum rate of infusion of 10Mcg/kg/min is attained
- Infuse 0.3 mcg/kg/minute by continuous infusion route titrate upward every few min until adequate blood pressure or rate of 10Mcg/kg/min
- Infuse 0.5 mcg/kg/minute by continuous infusion route titrate upward every few min until adequate blood pressure or rate of 10Mcg/kg/min
- Infuse 3 mcg/kg/minute by continuous infusion route titrate upward every few min until adequate blood pressure or rate of 10Mcg/kg/min
- Infuse 0.3 mcg/kg/minute by continuous infusion route gradually titrate upward every few minutes until adequate blood pressure is reached or a maximum rate of infusion of 10Mcg/kg/min is attained
- Infuse 0.5 mcg/kg/minute by continuous infusion route gradually titrate upward every few minutes until adequate blood pressure is reached or a maximum rate of infusion of 10Mcg/kg/min is attained
- Infuse 3 mcg/kg/minute by continuous infusion route gradually titrateupward every few minutes until adequate blood pressure is reached or a maximum rate of infusion of 10Mcg/kg/min is attained
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- Stendra
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- vardenafil
- Viagra
Contraindicated
- None
Severe
Moderate
- None
- Coarctation of aorta
Contraindicated
- Cerebrovascular insufficiency
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Intracranial hypertension
- Leber's hereditary optic atrophy
- Severe renal impairment
- Tobacco amblyopia
- Vitamin b12 deficiency
Severe
Moderate
- Anemia
- Disease of liver
- Hyponatremia
- Hypothyroidism
- Hypovolemia
NITROPRESS (NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM)
- Hypertensive crisis
- Acute decompensated heart failure
- Controlled hypotension
- None
- None
More Frequent
Severe
Less Severe
- Cyanide toxicity
- Methemoglobinemia
- Severe hypotension
- None
Less Frequent
Severe
Less Severe
Rare / Very Rare
Severe
- Abnormal ECG
- Bradycardia
- Hypothyroidism
- Ileus
- Intracranial hypertension
- Platelet aggregation inhibition
- Tachycardia
Less Severe
- Acute abdominal pain
- Dizziness
- Flushing
- Headache disorder
- Hyperhidrosis
- Injection site sequelae
- Nausea
- Palpitations
- Skin rash
- Twitching
Contraindicated
None
Severe Precaution
None
Management or Monitoring Precaution
None
Nitroprusside Sodium
- Severity Level:
C
- Additional Notes:
Contraindicated
None
General | Excretion Potential | Effect on Infant | Notes |
None |
Precaution Exists
Nitroprusside Sodium
Insufficient data available.
General | Excretion Potential | Effect on Infant | Notes |
Evaluate use carefully | Unknown | Not known; no or inclusive data | Insufficient data available. |
No Known Risk
None
General | Excretion Potential | Effect on Infant | Notes |
None |
Contraindicated
None
Precaution Exists
None
No Known Risk
None
- None
Acute decompensated heart failure | |
I50.21 | Acute systolic (congestive) heart failure |
I50.23 | Acute on chronic systolic (congestive) heart failure |
I50.31 | Acute diastolic (congestive) heart failure |
I50.33 | Acute on chronic diastolic (congestive) heart failure |
I50.41 | Acute combined systolic (congestive) and diastolic (congestive) heart failure |
I50.43 | Acute on chronic combined systolic (congestive) and diastolic (congestive) heart failure |
I50.811 | Acute right heart failure |
I50.813 | Acute on chronic right heart failure |
Controlled hypotension | |
I95.89 | Other hypotension |
Hypertensive crisis | |
I16 | Hypertensive crisis |
I16.0 | Hypertensive urgency |
I16.1 | Hypertensive emergency |
I16.9 | Hypertensive crisis, unspecified |
0-9 | A-Z |
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I16 | Hypertensive crisis |
I16.0 | Hypertensive urgency |
I16.1 | Hypertensive emergency |
I16.9 | Hypertensive crisis, unspecified |
I50.21 | Acute systolic (congestive) heart failure |
I50.23 | Acute on chronic systolic (congestive) heart failure |
I50.31 | Acute diastolic (congestive) heart failure |
I50.33 | Acute on chronic diastolic (congestive) heart failure |
I50.41 | Acute combined systolic (congestive) and diastolic (congestive) heart failure |
I50.43 | Acute on chronic combined systolic (congestive) and diastolic (congestive) heart failure |
I50.811 | Acute right heart failure |
I50.813 | Acute on chronic right heart failure |
I95.89 | Other hypotension |
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