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Primary autonomic failure: a complex case of orthostatic hypotension in a hypertensive elderly patient. [PDF]

open access: yesEur Heart J Case Rep
El-Mhadi S   +4 more
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Orthostatic hypotension

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, 2002
A common problem among elderly people, orthostatic hypotension is associated with significant morbidity and mortality, which may be caused by medications, the cumulative effects of age- and hypertension-related alterations in blood pressure regulation, or age-associated diseases that impair autonomic function.
Seiji, Mukai, Lewis A, Lipsitz
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Orthostatic hypotension and orthostatic tachycardia [PDF]

open access: possibleThe American Journal of Medicine, 1954
Abstract 1.1. The case report of a patient with orthostatic hypotension and tachycardia, anhidrosis, impotence and nocturia is presented. 2.2. Various measures including elastic bandages to the legs, abdominal binder and administration of ephedrine were unsuccessful in preventing postural hypotension and tachycardia and the accompanying symptoms in
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Delayed orthostatic hypotension

Autonomic Neuroscience, 2012
Delayed orthostatic hypotension is a fall in blood pressure beyond 3 min of standing or upright tilt table testing. The prevalence, clinical features and pathophysiology are reviewed. To date, there is little data to support a standardized or recommended treatment. However, the 10-year mortality rates of individuals with delayed orthostatic hypotension
Christopher H. Gibbons, Roy Freeman
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Orthostatic Hypotension in the Elderly

New England Journal of Medicine, 1989
ORTHOSTATIC hypotension is often observed in elderly people and may result in substantial morbidity and mortality from associated falls and syncope. Studies of elderly people living in the community have found a prevalence of orthostatic hypotension as high as 20 percent among medical outpatients over 65 years of age1 , 2 and 30 percent among those ...
Jane F. Desforges, Lewis A. Lipsitz
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Orthostatic Hypotension

Medical Clinics of North America, 1989
Orthostatic hypotension is a rare finding in healthy elderly subjects, but is a common clinical problem in older patients. Assessment of symptoms and the blood pressure response to standing is an important part of the initial evaluation and follow-up of geriatric patients. Generally, more than one cause will be identified, and these patients respond to
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Orthostatic Hypotension, 2001 [PDF]

open access: possibleCardiology in Review, 2001
Upright posture requires rapid and effective circulatory and neurologic compensations to maintain blood pressure and consciousness. Although it has been recognized over the past 100 years or more that the act of standing may cause hypotension in patients with autonomic dysfunction, only recently several of the pathophysiologic mechanisms resulting in ...
Kathrine Jáuregui-Renaud   +3 more
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