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Effects of emergency ambulance transportation on heart rate, blood pressure, corticotropin, and cortisol
Plain-language guide to PMID 10216340 (1999): randomized controlled trial study of ACTH (Corticotropin), low blood pressure and orthostatic hypotension.
Key Facts
- PMID
- 10216340
- Journal
- Annals of emergency medicine
- Year
- 1999
- Study type
- Randomized Controlled Trial
- Authors
- Witzel K
- DOI
- 10.1016/s0196-0644(99)70352-5
What This Study Did, in Plain Language
What Was Tested
Researchers studied ACTH (Corticotropin) in the context of low blood pressure and orthostatic hypotension in this randomized controlled trial publication.
PubMed holds no abstract for it, so this summary is built from its title ("Effects of emergency ambulance transportation on heart rate, blood pressure, corticotropin, and cortisol") and its index terms.
Who Took Part
By PubMed's age tags, the people studied were adults, both men and women.
How the Study Was Run
In design terms this was a randomized study.
Because people in this ACTH (Corticotropin) study were split into groups at random, differences between the groups are less likely to reflect who happened to join each one.
What Was Measured
Topics PubMed links to this paper include Adrenocorticotropic Hormone, Ambulances, Blood Pressure, Heart Rate, Hydrocortisone and Stress, Physiological.
What This Means in Plain Language
The paper is a randomized study of ACTH (Corticotropin) in people with low blood pressure and orthostatic hypotension.
The publication is from 1999 (Annals of emergency medicine), a journal based in United States.
More context: the ACTH (Corticotropin) compound page, Low blood pressure and orthostatic hypotension research.
Our Notes on the Compound
ACTH (Corticotropin): The 39-amino-acid pituitary hormone that drives cortisol production; given as repository corticotropin (Acthar Gel).
Related Pages
Source: PubMed record. This explanation is written by PeptideWhiz from the public record. For research and education only. Not medical advice; no dosing information is given.