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Nitroprusside

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nitroprusside /ni·tro·prus·side/ (-prus´īd) the anion [Fe(CN5)NO]2−; see sodium nitroprusside.
Nitroprusside
A compound that is used in laboratory tests to identify large amounts of cystine in urine samples.
Mentioned in: Cystinuria
nitroprusside
sodium nitroferricyanide, a vasodilator used in the treatment of heart failure in dogs, and used as a reagent in Rothera's test for ketone bodies.
cyanide nitroprusside reaction
detects sulfhydryl group compounds and is used to test urine in screening tests for the metabolic diseases, cystinuria and homocystinuria.
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intravenous diazoxide or nitroprusside may be prescribed if hypertension is extremely severe and intensive care is necessary.
Heart Diseases - Heart Attack & High Blood Pressure by prashant vashiyar / Food/cooking/nutrition community
b) The patient with hypertensive crisis, with increased blood pressure of 180/140 and acute pulmonary edema must be treated with Fowler position, sitting on the bed edge, rotating tourniquets, by IV furosemide at a rate between 20 and 60 mg by sodium nitroprusside and IV diluted in dextrose solution at a rate of 0.
¿What Is Hypertension? by Arturo Moreno Perez / Health, general community
We evaluated contractions induced by phenylephrine (Phe), angiotensin II (Ang II) and the xanthine/xanthine oxidase (Xan/XOD) system, and relaxations induced by sodium nitroprusside (SNP) as well as endothelium-dependent relaxations mediated by acetylcholine (ACh) in thoracic aorta of the SHR, with and without ASX-O intervention.
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