Orthostatic Hypotension in the Elderly: Diagnosis and Treatment

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 120, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 841-847

  Gupta, Vishal ^a   Lipsitz, Lewis A ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Blood pressure; Elderly; Office practice; Orthostatic hypotension

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BROMOCRIPTINE; CAFFEINE; CLONIDINE; DIURETIC AGENT; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FLUDROCORTISONE; IBUPROFEN; INDOMETACIN; LEVODOPA; METHYLXANTHINE; MIDODRINE; NARCOTIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT; SILDENAFIL; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VASODILATOR AGENT; YOHIMBINE;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; AGING; AGITATION; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; BLEEDING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEHYDRATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; FALLING; FOOT EDEMA; FRACTURE; GASTROINTESTINAL IRRITATION; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKALEMIA; INSOMNIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MEAL; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEPHROTOXICITY; NERVOUSNESS; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SIDE EFFECT; STROKE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 34548827323     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2007.02.023     Document Type: Note

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