Orthostatic hypotension in older patients

Reviews in Clinical Gerontology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 259-275

  Kearney, Fiona ^a   Moore, Alan ^a   Donegan, Ciaran ^a  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN II ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ATENOLOL; ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CAFFEINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CANDESARTAN; CAPTOPRIL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; ENALAPRIL; ENDOTHELIN; FLUDROCORTISONE; HYPERTENSIVE AGENT; LEVODOPA; LISINOPRIL; LOSARTAN; MIDODRINE; NITRATE; OCTREOTIDE; PERINDOPRIL; PHENOTHIAZINE DERIVATIVE; PLASMA SUBSTITUTE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VASOPRESSIN;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; AUTOREGULATION; BLOOD VOLUME; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN PERFUSION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EFFERENT NERVE; FALLING; FLUID INTAKE; HEAD TILTING; HEMODYNAMICS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LEG COMPRESSION; MEDICAL ERROR; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MONOTHERAPY; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; ORTHOSTATIC STRESS; OSMOREGULATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; PRESSORECEPTOR; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; SHY DRAGER SYNDROME; SPHYGMOMANOMETRY; SYNCOPE; SYSTEMIC VASCULAR RESISTANCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION; TILT TABLE TEST; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASOPRESSIN RELEASE; VEIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 54049107635     PISSN: 09592598     EISSN: 14699036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959259808002554     Document Type: Review

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