Orthostatic hypotension in acute geriatric ward: Is it a consistent finding?

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 20, 2002, Pages 2369-2374

  Weiss, Avraham ^a   Grossman, Ehud ^a   Beloosesky, Yichayaou ^a   Grinblat, Joseph ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY POSTURE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGHT; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037111726     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.162.20.2369     Document Type: Article

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