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The concentration of atenolol in plasma and urine was determined following an intravenous (i.v.) dose given to 17 hypertensive patients with a glomerular filtration rate (GFR) between 5 and 105 ml/min and in 4 patients on hemodialysis. In patients with normal renal function the mean half life of elimination was calculated to be 6.8 h. This value increased to a mean of 50.1 h in patients with a GFR below 10 ml/min. In patients on hemodialysis the half life of elimination was about 4 h. The elimination rate constants as well as the body and renal clearances of atenolol have a significant correlation with the GFR. Although accumulation of atenolol was observed, especially after multiple oral doses and in patients with a GFR below 30 ml/min, no toxic side effects occured.
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Kirch, W., Schäfer, M., Braun, M. (1980). Single Intravenous Dose Kinetics and Accumulation of Atenolol in Patients with Impaired Renal Function and on Hemodialysis. In: Chambers, P.L., Klinger, W. (eds) Further Studies in the Assessment of Toxic Actions. Archives of Toxicology, vol 4. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-67729-8_79
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