Postal questionnaire survey: The use of sleeping with the head of the bed tilted upright for treatment of orthostatic hypotension in clinical practice [5]

Age and Ageing

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 529-532

  Fan, Chie Wei ^a   Coakley, Davis ^a   Walsh, J Bernard ^a   Cunningham, Conal J ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; DESMOPRESSIN; EPHEDRINE; FLUDROCORTISONE; MIDODRINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FLUID THERAPY; HEAD TILTING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALT LOADING; UNITED KINGDOM;

BEDS; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; PHYSICIANS; POSTURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP;

EID: 33748068132     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afl073     Document Type: Letter

References (19)

1. Luukinen H, Koski K, Laippala P, Kivela SL. Prognosis of diastolic and systolic orthostatic hypotension in older persons. Arch Intern Med 1999; 159: 273-80.
2. Puisieux F, Boumbar Y, Bulckaen H, Bonnin E, Houssin F, Dewailly P. Intraindividual variability in orthostatic blood pressure changes among older adults: The influence of meals. J Am Geriatr Soc 1999; 47: 1332-6.
3. McIntosh S, Da Costa D, Kenny RA. Outcome of an integrated approach to the investigation of dizziness, falls and syncope in elderly patients referred to a 'syncope' clinic. Age Ageing 1993; 22: 53-8.
4. Cooper VL, Hainsworth R. Effects of dietary salt on orthostatic tolerance, blood pressure and baroreceptor sensitivity in patients with syncope. Clin Auton Res 2002; 12: 236-41.
5. Hussain RM, McIntosh SJ, Lawson J, Kenny RA. Fludrocortisone in the treatment of hypotensive disorders in the elderly. Heart 1996; 76: 507-9.
6. Mathias CJ, Kimber JR. Treatment of postural hypotension. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1998; 65: 285-9.
7. Jordan J. Acute effect of water on blood pressure. What do we know? Clin Auton Res 2002; 12: 250-5.
8. Bradley JG, Davis KA. Orthostatic hypotension. Am Fam Physician 2003; 68: 2393-8.
9. Brignole M, Alboni P, Benditt DG et al. Guidelines on management (diagnosis and treatment) of syncope - update 2004. Europace 2004; 6: 467-537.
10. Mathias CJ, Bannister R. Management of postural hypotension. In: Bannister R, Mathias CJ, eds. Autonomic Failure: A Textbook of Clinical Disorders of the Autonomic Nervous Systems. Oxford: Oxford Medical Publications, 2002; 342-56.
11. MacLean AR, Allen EV. Orthostatic hypotension and orthostatic tachycardia: Treatment with the 'head-up' bed. J Am Med Assoc 1940; 115: 2162-7.
12. Corcoran AC, Browning JS, Page IH. Renal hemodynamics in orthostatic hypotension: Effects of angiotonin and head-up bed. J Am Med Assoc 1943; 119: 793-4.
13. Bannister R, Ardill L, Fentem P. An assessment of various methods of treatment of idiopathic orthostatic hypotension. Q J Med 1969; 38: 377-95.
14. Ten Harkel AD, Van Lieshout JJ, Wieling W. Treatment of orthostatic hypotension with sleeping in the head-up tilt position, alone and in combination with fludrocortisone. J Intern Med 1992; 232: 139-45.
15. van Lieshout JJ, ten Harkel AD, Wieling W. Fludrocortisone and sleeping in the head-up position limit the postural decrease in cardiac output in autonomic failure. Clin Auton Res 2000; 10: 35-42.
16. Bannister R, Sever P, Gross M. Cardiovascular reflexes and biochemical responses in progressive autonomic failure. Brain 1977; 100: 327-44.
17. Mathias CJ, Fosbraey P, da Costa DF, Thornley A, Bannister R. The effect of desmopressin on nocturnal polyuria, overnight weight loss, and morning postural hypotension in patients with autonomic failure. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1986; 293: 353-4.
18. Engstrom JW, Aminoff MJ. Evaluation and treatment of orthostatic hypotension. Am Fam Physician 1997; 56: 1378-84.
19. Kardos A, Avramov K, Dongo A, Gingl Z, Kardos L, Rudas L. Management of severe orthostatic hypotension by head-up-tilt posture and administration of fludrocortisone. Orv Hetil 1996; 137: 2407-11.