Abstract
Study Design: A report of two cases of orthostatic hypotension in acute tetraplegia that were resistant to classic treatment interventions.
Objective: To discuss the use of midodrine hydrochloride for the treatment of orthostatic hypotension in early tetraplegia.
Setting: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Texas, USA.
Methods: Presentation of two cases.
Results: Midodrine hydrochloride successfully treated two cases of orthostatic hypotension that had been refractory to classic treatment interventions.
Conclusion: Midodrine hydrochloride should be included in the armamentarium of the physician treating orthostatic hypotension in spinal cord injury.
Spinal Cord (2000) 38, 109–111.
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Barber, D., Rogers, S., Fredrickson, M. et al. Midodrine hydrochloride and the treatment of orthostatic hypotension in tetraplegia: two cases and a review of the literature. Spinal Cord 38, 109–111 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.sc.3100959
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