@Article{Chojnacki2007,
journal="Pielęgniarstwo Chirurgiczne i Angiologiczne/Surgical and Vascular Nursing",
issn="1897-3116",
volume="1",
number="1",
year="2007",
title="Evaluation of pulse rate before and after thyroidectomy  in patients suffering from hyperthyroidism treated  with \β-adrenolytic drugs",
abstract="The purpose of the study was to evaluate the pulse rate and its behaviour in patients suffering from hyperthyroidism and taking beta-adrenolytic drugs before and after thyroidectomy.  Material and methods: The study was carried out on a group of 37 (21 women and 16 men) patients suffering from hyperthyroidism treated with beta-adrenolytic drugs, subject to thyroidectomy, hospitalized at the Department of Surgery \“B\” in the Regional Hospital in Poznań, in the months of January \– December 2005. All examined patients (mean age of women was 36.3; mean age of men was 42.9) received propranolol in doses varying from 5 mg to 20 mg. The evaluation of pulse rate was done on five consecutive days three times a day at given times, by nurse staff using the traditional method of radial artery in wrist region. Results: Pulse rate in patients suffering from hyperthyroidism treated with beta-adrenolytic drugs was already considerably decreased on the third day after the operation. Conclusion: The decreased pulse rate was slightly more visible in patients who, in the pre-operative period, received larger doses of \β-adrenolytic drugs and the decrease of pulse rate in the post-operative period was more pronounced in patients not suffering from hypertension.",
author="Chojnacki, Maciej
and Kapała, Wojciech",
pages="23--27",
url="https://www.termedia.pl/Evaluation-of-pulse-rate-before-and-after-thyroidectomy-in-patients-suffering-from-hyperthyroidism-treated-with-946-adrenolytic-drugs,50,8220,1,1.html"
}