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. 2019 May 9;3(1):e000448. doi: 10.1136/bmjpo-2019-000448

Table 4.

Blood pressure and heart rate adverse effects for studies with p values, percentage change from baseline

Paper Regimen mBP (mm Hg) ±SD mDBP (mm Hg) ±SD mSBP (mm Hg) ±SD mHR (beats/min)±SD
Bonthala (2000)8 P 1%, C 0.2% (2 d) ↓ 11.5±5.8%* ↑ 0.6±1.2%*
Bolt (1992)7
P 2.5% (1d), T 0.5% (2 d) ↓ 4% ↓ 1%
C 0.5% (1d), T 0.5% (2 d) ↑ 5.1%* ↑ 3.7%†
Elibol (1997)17




C 1% (2 d) ↑ 16.2%±2.2%*†
C 1% (2 microd) ↓ 1%±2.3%*†
P 10% (2 d) ↑ 8%±0.2%*†
P 10% (2 microd) 0±1.9%*
T 0.5% (2 d) ↑ 17.5%±0.2%*†
T 0.5% (2 microd) ↓ 1.4 ± 0.3%*
Isenberg (1984 March)40

C 0.5% (2 d) ↓10%±12%† ↑ 7.5%±18%
C 0.5%, T 0.5% (2 d) ↓ 10%±12%† ↑ 7.5%±18%
P 1%, C 0.2% (2 d) ↓ 5.8%±14%† ↓ 1.7%±11%
Isenberg (1984 July)18

C 0.5% ↓ 13.2% ↓ 3.3%
P 1%, C 0.2% ↓ 3.8% ↓ 4.3%
P 2.5%, T 0.5% ↑ 19.6% ↓ 5.2%
Jiang (2016)10 P 0.5%, T 0.5% (3 d) ↑ 8.5*† ↑ 5.4%*§
Khoo (2000)16
P 1%, C 0.2% (3 d) ↑ 3.7% −1% ↑ 0.8% ↓ 4.5%
P 2.5%, T 0.5% (3 d) ↓ 0.4% ↓ 0.3% ↓ 1.2% ↓ 6.6%
Laws (1996)11 P 2.5% (2d), C 0.5% (4 d) ↑ 4.8%* ↑ 5%* ↓ 1.3%*
Lees (1981)12 P 2.5%, T 0.5% (1 d) ↑ 19.4%† ↑ 19.1%† ↑ 17.1%† 0%
Merritt (1981)45
P 2.5%, T 1% (3 d) 0%
P 2.5%, T 0.5%,
C 0.5% (3 d)
0%
Phamonvaechavan (2012)23 P 2.5%, T 0.75% (2 d) 0% 0% ↓ 3.2%
Sindel (1986)19

P 2.5%, T 1% (2 d) ↓ 17.1%±10.4%†
P 2.5%, T 0.5%,
C 0.5% (2 d)
↑ 22.8%±17.4%† ↑ 10.0%±10.6%†
P 1%, T 1% (2 d) ↑ 7.7%±9.3%†

*Data approximated from graph or was converted to percentage.

†P<0.05 to 0.01.

‡Data not presented.

§P=0.08.

C, cyclopentolate;P, phenylephrine;T, tropicamide;d, standard drop;mDBP, mean diastolic blood pressure;mHR, mean heart rate;mSDP, mean systolic blood pressure;microd, microdrop.