Table 4 Mean Dose of Each Medication Initially and at the End of the Intervention Period in the 26 Patients
|
No. of Patients
|
Initial Dose
|
Final Dose
|
|
| Carvedilol (mg/day) |
20 |
26.9 ± 15.5 |
28.8 ± 14.5 |
| Captopril (mg/day) |
7 |
69.6 ± 40.0 |
70.7 ± 40.4 |
| Enalapril (mg/day) |
13 |
25.7 ± 12.5 |
26.9 ± 12.6 |
| Digoxin (mg/day) |
25 |
0.10 ± 0.07 |
0.10 ± 0.07 |
| Aldactone (mg/day) |
19 |
61.2 ± 49.2 |
59.9 ± 47.1 |
| Long-acting nitrates |
23 |
53.2 ± 13.2 |
54.1 ± 14.4 |
| Oral furosemide (mg/day) |
26 |
200.9 ± 120.4 |
78.3 ± 41.3* |
IV furosemide (mg/month)
|
26
|
164.7 ± 178.9
|
19.8 ± 47.0*
|
|
* p < 0.05 at least vs. before by paired Student’s t test.
|
