Withdrawing antihypertensives on the basis of orthostatic hypotension

Age and Ageing

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 518-

  Choulerton, James ^a   Mudd, Paul ^a   MacMahon, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BRISTOL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

BODY POSTURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FALLING; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; LETTER; MORTALITY; ORTHOSTATIC HYPERTENSION; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SIDE EFFECT; SYMPTOM; SYNCOPE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; AGED; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; POSTURAL BALANCE; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 77954299996     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afq064     Document Type: Letter

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