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ea0031p65 | Clinical practice/governance and case reports | SFEBES2013

Peri-operative α-blockade: efficacy of intravenous phenoxybenzamine vs oral phenoxybenzamine in patients with phaeochromocytoma and paraganglioma

Hussain Shazia , Gunganah Kirun , Ashby Michael , Carpenter Robert , Waterhouse Mona , Druce Maralyn , Drake William , Akker Scott

Introduction: Regimens for pre-operative α and β-blockade for patients with secretory phaeochromocytomas/paragangliomas vary widely between centres. The worldwide lack of availability of intravenous phenoxybenzamine (Goldshield) has removed a useful tool in the management of phaeochromocytoma crisis and has necessitated a change in our institution’s routine pre-operative strategy. We compare pre, peri and post-operative surrogate measures of blockade in a cohort...