Treatment of supine hypertension in autonomic failure with gastrostomy feeding at night

Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical

Volumn 143, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 77-78

  Young, Tim M ^a,b   Mathias, Christopher J ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

PEG tube; Post prandial hypotension; Pure autonomic failure; Supine hypertension

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; FAT; FLUDROCORTISONE; MIDODRINE; PHOSPHATASE; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN; SODIUM;

AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY MASS; CASE REPORT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DYSPHAGIA; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROSTOMY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; NIGHT; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH TUBE; SUPINE HYPERTENSION; TUBE FEEDING;

AGED; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; FOOD; GASTROSTOMY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; PURE AUTONOMIC FAILURE; SUPINE POSITION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 56549128957     PISSN: 15660702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2008.06.003     Document Type: Article

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