Continuous noninvasive orthostatic blood pressure measurements and their relationship with orthostatic intolerance, falls, and frailty in older people

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 655-665

  Romero Ortuno, Roman ^a,b   Cogan, Lisa ^a   Foran, Tim ^a   Kenny, Rose Anne ^a,b   Fan, Chie Wei ^a,b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

cluster analysis; consensus; Finometer; frail elderly; hypotension; orthostatic; orthostatic intolerance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSENSUS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOSTATIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; ORTHOSTATIC INTOLERANCE; PHENOTYPE; RECUMBENCY; RISK FACTOR; STANDING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOSTATIC INTOLERANCE; POSTURE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79954976093     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03352.x     Document Type: Article

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