Differences in blood pressure by body position (supine, fowler's, and sitting) in hypertensive subjects

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1073-1079

  Cicolini, Giancarlo ^a   Pizzi, Carmine ^b   Palma, Elisabetta ^a   Bucci, Marco ^a   Schioppa, Francesco ^a   Mezzetti, Andrea ^a   Manzoli, Lamberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

blood pressure; blood pressure measurement; blood pressure variability; Fowler's position; hypertension

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; BODY POSITION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FOWLER POSITION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; SUPINE POSITION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTURE; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 80052961529     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: 19417225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2011.106     Document Type: Article

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