title: [Acebutolol in the treatment of arterial hypertension in pregnancy--comparison with commonly used hypertensive agents].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The main purpose of our study was to analyse efficacy and safety of acebutolol (Sectral) in the treatment of hypertension in pregnancy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cohort clinical study comparing efficacy and safety of acebutolol with other antihypertensive drugs by 77 patients and their 81 newborns. The number of 48 patients were treated by acebutolol.
  
  
  METHODS
  Internal Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology Department, Regional Hospital, Nitra and The Faculty of Health Service and Social Work, University of Trnava; Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Regional Hospital Nitra and The Faculty of Health Service and Social Work, University of Trnava; Institute of Pharmacology, The Faculty of Medicine, Komenského University, Bratislava; Environment, a.s. Nitra.
  
  
  METHODS
  During the period of 6 years our patients were divided into subgroups according to the type of hypertension in pregnancy and the severity of the illness which was the basis for used antihypertensive drugs. One of the topics of the study was to provide monitoring of adverse events by mother and possible drug influence on their new-born has been evaluated by investigating the week of birth, weight and length of the new-born and evaluating of Apgar score.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In the subgroup of 48 women treated by acebutolol we have confirmed the efficacy and safety of this antihypertensive drug without any clinically significant effect on the quality of life of their new-born and evaluating of Apgar score.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  With regard to the results of our clinical study we can consider acebutolol to be effective and safe antihypertensive drug in the treatment of hypertension in pregnancy.
authors.affiliation: II. interné oddelenie a Klinika klinickej farmakológie, NsP Nitra a Fakulta zdravotníctva a sociálnej práce Trnavskej univerzity.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sirotiaková
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mlyncek
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kriska
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Letkovicová
mesh_terms: D000070:Acebutolol / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D000070:Acebutolol