Orthostatic hypotension in older patients

Aging Health

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 505-513

  Mader, Scott L ^a,b  

^a PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Fludrocortisone; Hypotension; Licorice; Midodrine; Orthostatic

Indexed keywords

2,4 THIAZOLIDINEDIONE DERIVATIVE; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANDROGEN; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIANGINA PECTORIS AGENT; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; ARGIPRESSIN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DESMOPRESSIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; FLUDROCORTISONE; ISOPRENALINE; LEVODOPA; MIDODRINE; NARCOTIC AGENT; NATRIURETIC FACTOR; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SEDATIVE AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AGED; AGING; ALGORITHM; DEATH; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FALLING; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; STANDARDIZATION; STANDING; STROKE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNCOPE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 33744793263     PISSN: 1745509X     EISSN: 17455103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/1745509X.2.3.505     Document Type: Review

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