Lower limb compression bandaging is effective in preventing signs and symptoms of seating-induced postural hypotension

Cardiology

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 177-183

  Gorelik, Oleg ^a,b   Fishlev, Gregory ^a   Almoznino Sarafian, Dorit ^a   Alon, Irena ^a   Weissgarten, Joshua ^a   Shteinshnaider, Miriam ^a   Chachashvily, Shulamit ^a   Modai, David ^a   Cohen, Natan ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Compression bandages; Postural hypotension

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; HEART PALPITATION; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LEG COMPRESSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARRHYTHMIA; BANDAGES; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; LEG; MALE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 5644222547     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000081007     Document Type: Article

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