Venlafaxine-Induced Orthostatic Hypotension in a Geriatric Patient [PDF]
Venlafaxine is not usually associated with risk of orthostatic hypotension. A 65-year-old US Caucasian female taking 225 mg/day of venlafaxine extended-release developed symptomatic orthostatic hypotension.
Vidyashree Chikkaramanjegowda+1 more
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Effect of antipsychotic drugs and orthostatic hypotension on the risk of falling in schizophrenic patients [PDF]
Background: Management of schizophrenia using psychopharmaceuticals requires a long-term treatment. The use of antipsychotic drugs can cause the occurrence of orthostatic hypotension, which leads to the risk of falling in patients.
Ferinauli Ferinauli+2 more
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Orthostatic Hypotension, Hypertension Treatment, and Cardiovascular Disease: An Individual Participant Meta-Analysis [PDF]
IMPORTANCE: There are ongoing concerns about the benefits of intensive vs standard blood pressure (BP) treatment among adults with orthostatic hypotension or standing hypotension.
Appel, Lawrence J+19 more
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Nondipping in Parkinson's Disease [PDF]
Objective. The aim of this study was to identify patients with Parkinson's disease who showed loss or decrease of nocturnal blood pressure fall (nondipper patients) as a marker of autonomic dysfunction.
Sita Sommer+2 more
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The Proportion of Orthostatic Hypotension and Its Relationship with HbA1c Levels in Elderly Patients with Diabetes [PDF]
Aim: to obtain information on the proportion of orthostatic hypotension in elderly patients with diabetes and its relationship with HbA1c levels. Methods: this is a cross-sectional study on 350 patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) aged ≥60 years old who ...
Catarina Budyono+3 more
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Basic orientation of the article, by the leader of a group of medical researchers associated with hospitals in Lyon, France, is toward definition and classification.
Ninet, J.
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Case report of Parkinson's disease and orthostatic hypotension [PDF]
Introduction: Parkinson's disease is an idiopathic, slow progressive neurodegenerative condition with the loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra compacta of the midbrain.
Mijalković Miloš, Vukašinović Nikola
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State of the art for diagnosis and treatment of orthostatic hypotension [PDF]
This paper presents state of the art of the problem of diagnosis and treatment of orthostatic hypotension (OH). It focuses on the developed algorithms for diagnostics of classical orthostatic hypotension (COH), initial orthostatic hypotension (IOH) and ...
A V Aksenova+5 more
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Orthostatic Hypotension and Concomitant Paraneoplastic Syndromes: A Case Report
This case study discusses the incidence of a paraneoplastic autonomic neuropathy in an elderly male who had an otherwise negative work-up for their aetiology of orthostatic hypotension.
Bharati Dev, Ashwin Varkey, Hrede Afsana
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The impact of autonomic dysfunction on survival in patients with dementia with Lewy bodies and Parkinson's disease with dementia. [PDF]
INTRODUCTION: Autonomic dysfunction is a well-known feature in neurodegenerative dementias, especially common in α-synucleinopathies like dementia with Lewy bodies and Parkinson's disease with dementia.
Kajsa Stubendorff+3 more
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