The effect of sleeping with the head of the bed elevated six inches on elderly patients with orthostatic hypotension: An open randomised controlled trial

Age and Ageing

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 187-192

  Fan, Chie Wei ^a   Walsh, Cathal ^b   Cunningham, Conal J ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Elderly; Haemodynamics; Trials

Indexed keywords

SODIUM;

AGED; ANKLE EDEMA; ARTICLE; BED; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMMUNITY LIVING; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; HEAD POSITION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; OPEN STUDY; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEPING HEAD UP; SODIUM URINE LEVEL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BEDS; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; CHRONIC DISEASE; EDEMA; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; SLEEP; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 79951784504     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afq176     Document Type: Article

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