Abstract
Under double-blind randomized conditions the effects of early intervention with oral propranolol or a placebo were studied in 51 cases of subarachnoid hemorrhage. Eleven out of 23 patients randomly assigned to placebo had a poor outcome at 6 months, while 2 of the 28 patients randomly assigned to propranolol had a poor outcome (p < 0.001). Patients with a poor outcome on the placebo had significantly higher mean plasma total creatine kinase levels (742 IU, standard error of the mean ± 233 IU) on the fifth day after subarachnoid hemorrhage than patients with a good outcome on the placebo (108 ± 20 IU; p < 0.05). A raised plasma creatine kinase myocardial isoenzyme was associated with a particularly poor outlook in patients receiving the placebo, in contrast to those taking a β-blocker. Clinical outcome and plasma creatine kinase levels in patients taking atenolol (hydrophilic) were similar to those observed in patients receiving propranolol.
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