Blood pressure evaluated by 24 h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in Ramadan-fasting patients with corticotrope deficiency. 2020

Melika Chihaoui, and Wafa Grira, and Fatma Chaker, and Ibtissem Oueslati, and Zohra Ben Amor, and Meriem Yazidi, and Moncef Feki
Department of Endocrinology, University Hospital La Rabta, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia. melikachihaoui@yahoo.fr.

The risks of Ramadan fasting on blood pressure (BP) in patients with adrenal insufficiency are unknown. This study aimed to evaluate the levels of BP and particularly the risk for hypotension during a fasting day compared with a nonfasting day in patients with corticotrope deficiency. A prospective case-crossover study on 28 patients with known and treated corticotrope deficiency who were fasting the month of Ramadan. Clinical (eating and sleeping habits, abnormal symptoms, weight, height, and BP) and paraclinical (creatinine, sodium, and cortisol) data were collected. Patients had a 24 h ambulatory BP monitoring during a Ramadan fasting day then again during a nonfasting day. The data of 25 patients were analyzed; 20 women, median age: 40 years (IQR, 22.5-45.5), median duration of the disease: 6 years (IQR, 2.5-12). The prevalence of hypotension did not differ between the fasting day and the nonfasting day. Hour by hour BP levels comparison showed that both systolic and diastolic BP were significantly lower at 2.00 p.m. during fasting. BP variability was significantly lower during the fasting period compared with the same period during the nonfasting day. Fasting was not associated with an increased risk for hypotension in patients with known and treated corticotrope deficiency.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007514 Islam A monotheistic religion promulgated by the Prophet Mohammed with Allah as the deity. Mohammedanism,Muslims,Islamic Ethics,Ethic, Islamic,Ethics, Islamic,Islamic Ethic,Muslim
D011446 Prospective Studies Observation of a population for a sufficient number of persons over a sufficient number of years to generate incidence or mortality rates subsequent to the selection of the study group. Prospective Study,Studies, Prospective,Study, Prospective
D001794 Blood Pressure PRESSURE of the BLOOD on the ARTERIES and other BLOOD VESSELS. Systolic Pressure,Diastolic Pressure,Pulse Pressure,Pressure, Blood,Pressure, Diastolic,Pressure, Pulse,Pressure, Systolic,Pressures, Systolic
D005215 Fasting Abstaining from FOOD. Hunger Strike,Hunger Strikes,Strike, Hunger,Strikes, Hunger
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D018592 Cross-Over Studies Studies comparing two or more treatments or interventions in which the subjects or patients, upon completion of the course of one treatment, are switched to another. In the case of two treatments, A and B, half the subjects are randomly allocated to receive these in the order A, B and half to receive them in the order B, A. A criticism of this design is that effects of the first treatment may carry over into the period when the second is given. (Last, A Dictionary of Epidemiology, 2d ed) Cross-Over Design,Cross-Over Trials,Crossover Design,Crossover Studies,Crossover Trials,Cross Over Design,Cross Over Studies,Cross Over Trials,Cross-Over Designs,Cross-Over Study,Crossover Designs,Crossover Study,Design, Cross-Over,Design, Crossover,Designs, Cross-Over,Designs, Crossover,Studies, Cross-Over,Studies, Crossover,Study, Cross-Over,Study, Crossover,Trial, Cross-Over,Trial, Crossover,Trials, Cross-Over,Trials, Crossover
D018660 Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory Method in which repeated blood pressure readings are made while the patient undergoes normal daily activities. It allows quantitative analysis of the high blood pressure load over time, can help distinguish between types of HYPERTENSION, and can assess the effectiveness of antihypertensive therapy. Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring,Monitoring, Ambulatory Blood Pressure,Blood Pressure Monitoring, Home,Blood Pressure Monitoring, Self,Home Blood Pressure Monitoring,Self Blood Pressure Monitoring

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