Comparação da eficácia midriática e dos efeitos cardiovasculares de Fenilefrina a 2,5% e a 10% em pacientes diabéticos submetidos a angiografia fluoresceínica

• Autor(a) principal: Figueirêdo, Régis Santana de
• Data de Publicação: 2007
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)
• Texto Completo: http://www.repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/2615
• topic: Fenilefrina; Midríase; Diabetes Mellitus

A prospective, randomized, double-blind study with groups in parallel and active control was conducted to compare the cardiovascular effects of aqueous solution of phenylephrine 2.5% versus 10% in diabetic type 2 patients undergoing fluorescein angiography, and also to compare their efficacy on pupillary dilation. The volunteers at the Santo Inácio Hospital, in Juazeiro do Norte, Ceará were randomized into two groups. Patients in group A received one drop of 0.5% proxymetacaine, 1% tropicamide, and 2.5% phenylephrine in both eyes, whereas those in group B received 0.5% proxymetacaine, 1% tropicamide, and 10% phenylephrine. Blood pressure and heart rate were measured five minutes before and several times after phenylephrine eyedrop instillation for a period of three hours. Alterations in cardiac rhythm were recorded by Holter in all patients. Pupil surface was measured before and sixty minutes after phenylephrine instillation. Forty three patients were allocated into 22 patients (group A) and 21 patients (group B). There was no significant difference in the mean systolic blood pressure after phenylephrine instillation between the two groups. This observation was also valid for all but one instant where the mean diastolic blood pressure (150 minutes) was significantly higher in 10% phenylephrine group (P = 0.0460). A significant raise in mean systolic and diastolic blood pressure was registered at the moment of intravenous fluorescein injection in both groups (P < 0.001). No statistically significant difference was detected in the mean heart rate. Changes in cardiac rhythm could not be attributed to phenylephrine in either group. The amount of pupillary dilation at sixty minutes did not differ between the groups. In conclusion, after a single dose instillation, 2.5% phenylephrine compared to 10% phenylephrine was equally able to induce and keep adequate pupil dilation in diabetic type 2 patients undergoing fluorescein angiography. The raise in blood pressure following fluorescein injection was the main change observed in the cardiovascular parameters analyzed and probably did not relate to the use of any phenylephrine concentration.