Orthostatic dyspnea: A neglected symptom of orthostatic hypotension

Clinical Autonomic Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 40-44

  Gibbons, Christopher H ^a   Freeman, Roy ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dyspnea; Orthodeoxia; Orthostatic hypotension; Platypnea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPNEA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RECORD; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SEX RATIO;

AGED; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TILT-TABLE TEST;

EID: 16844364935     PISSN: 09599851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10286-005-0227-1     Document Type: Review

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