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Blood pressure, renin-angiotensin-aldosterone axis and cortisol changes during withdrawal from alcohol.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  2818749     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Nineteen patients who had been drinking on the day of admission had significantly raised levels of renin, aldosterone and cortisol and a non-significant increase in angiotensin II. Five patients were hypertensive (systolic blood pressure greater than 160 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure greater than 95 mmHg) at some point during the study and there was a significant tachycardia. Over the first 4 days of abstinence there were falls in all of the measures reaching significance for renin, cortisol, systolic blood pressure and pulse. There were no correlations between blood pressure and any of the hormones measured although there was a significant association between pulse and both aldosterone and cortisol. It is concluded that the activity in the renin-angiotensin axis and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis is not responsible for alcohol-related changes in blood pressure.
Authors:
A J Mander; A Young; T M MacDonald; B C Williams; C J Waugh; C R Edwards
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire)     Volume:  24     ISSN:  0735-0414     ISO Abbreviation:  Alcohol Alcohol.     Publication Date:  1989  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1990-01-05     Completed Date:  1990-01-05     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8310684     Medline TA:  Alcohol Alcohol     Country:  ENGLAND    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  409-14     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
University Department of Psychiatry, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Morningside, U.K.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Aged
Blood Pressure*
Ethanol / adverse effects*
Female
Humans
Hydrocortisone / blood*
Male
Middle Aged
Renin-Angiotensin System*
Substance Withdrawal Syndrome / blood,  physiopathology*
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
50-23-7/Hydrocortisone; 64-17-5/Ethanol

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