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Register: ISRCTN
Last refreshed on: 13 January 2015
Main ID:  ISRCTN93135084
Date of registration: 03/08/2006
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Medical University of Vienna (Austria)
Public title: Effect of furosemid versus placebo on quality of life in hypertensive patients with pulmonary edema
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Date of first enrolment: 01/05/2006
Target sample size: 60
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://isrctn.com/ISRCTN93135084
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study (Treatment)  
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Countries of recruitment
Austria
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Name: Wolfgang    Schreiber
Address:  Waehringer Guertel 18-20/6D 1090 Vienna Austria
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Hypertensive pulmonary edema (Relative Risk [RR] more than 180 mmHg, crackles in auscultation)
2. Over 18 years of age

Exclusion criteria: 1. Women of childbearing potential
2. Chronic renal failure with renal replacement therapy
3. Acute ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI)
4. Need for intubation on arrival at scene
5. Need for catecholamines on arrival
6. Known incompatibilities to furosemide, urapidil or morphine hydrochloride


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Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Hypertensive pulmonary edema
Respiratory
Hypertensive pulmonary edema
Intervention(s)
Intravenous furosemide versus intravenous placebo on top of standard medication.
Primary Outcome(s)
Changes in dyspnoea severity one hour after hospital admission (BORG scale).
Secondary Outcome(s)
1. BORG scale at hours two, three and six
2. Visual analogue scale score at one, two, three and six hours
3. Blood pressure
4. Partial pressure of oxygen in arterial blood (paO2), partial pressure of carbon dioxide in arterial blood (paCO2), spot oxygen saturation (SpO2)
5. pH, BE, lactate
6. Safety: acute myocardial infarction, hypotension, intubation, catecholamines, cardiac arrest, death
Secondary ID(s)
N/A
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Medical University of Vienna, Department of Emergency Medicine
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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