Water Ingestion as Prophylaxis Against Syncope

Circulation

Volumn 108, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 2660-2665

  Lu, Chih Cherng ^a,b   Diedrich, André ^a   Tung, Che Se ^b   Paranjape, Sachin Y ^a   Harris, Paul A ^a   Byrne, Daniel W ^a   Jordan, Jens ^c   Robertson, David ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hypotension, orthostatic; Norepinephrine; Syncope; Test, tilt table; Water

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FLUID THERAPY; HEAD TILTING; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTENSION; INGESTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYNCOPE; TILT TABLE TEST; TIME; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIHYDROXYPHENYLALANINE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; MALE; POSTURE; REFERENCE VALUES; SYNCOPE; TILT-TABLE TEST; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WATER;

EID: 0344844421     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000101966.24899.CB     Document Type: Article

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