Anesthesia & Clinical Research
Open Access
ISSN: 2155-6148
ISSN: 2155-6148
Marcellino Monda
Italy
Research Article
Anti-Hypertensive Treatments and Hypertension-Associated Hypoalgesia Evaluated by Auto-Algometry
Author(s): Andrea Viggiano, Maria Beatrice Passavanti, Giusy Zagaria, Maria Caterina Pace, Mauro Giordano, Fabrizio Esposito, Marcellino Monda, Raffaele Marfella, Pasquale Sansone, Stefano Coaccioli, Michele Adolfo Tedesco and Caterina Aurilio
Andrea Viggiano, Maria Beatrice Passavanti, Giusy Zagaria, Maria Caterina Pace, Mauro Giordano, Fabrizio Esposito, Marcellino Monda, Raffaele Marfella, Pasquale Sansone, Stefano Coaccioli, Michele Adolfo Tedesco and Caterina Aurilio
Background: Auto-algometry has been previously proposed as a toll to evaluate hypertension-associated hypoalgesia. The aim of the present work was to confirm the robustness of this method and to evaluate other possible variables associated with hypertension and hypoalgesia.
Methods: All routinary ambulatory data were collected from 111 hypertensive subjects along with the evaluation of pain threshold assessed with the auto-algometer.
Results: The results confirmed the sensibility of the auto-algometer in revealing the hypertension-associated hypoalgesia and revealed unexpected higher pain thresholds in patients consuming angiotensin receptor 1 antagonists compared to patients consuming other medications.
Conclusion: The results encourage the use of the auto-algometer to study unexplored m.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2155-6148.1000589