Non-pharmacological treatments for orthostatic hypotension

Age and Ageing

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 292-293

  Thompson, Philip ^a,b   Wright, Juliet ^a,b   Rajkumar, Chakravarthi ^a,b  

^a ROYAL SUSSEX COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Worthing Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EDITORIAL; EXERCISE; FLUID THERAPY; GERIATRIC CARE; HEAD POSITION; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; POLYURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALT INTAKE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VASODILATATION;

AGING; BLOOD PRESSURE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; POSTURE; SLEEP;

EID: 79955400660     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afr036     Document Type: Editorial

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