Orthostatic effects of midodrine versus L-NAME on cerebral blood flow and the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system in tetraplegia

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1789-1795

  Wecht, Jill M ^a,b   Radulovic, Miroslav ^a,b   Rosado Rivera, Dwindally ^a   Zhang, Run Lin ^a   Lafountaine, Michael F ^a,b   Bauman, William A ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Hypotension; orthostatic; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injuries

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; MIDODRINE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; RENIN;

ADULT; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEAD TILTING; HEAT; HUMAN; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NAUSEA; NECK PAIN; ORTHOSTATIC BLOOD PRESSURE; PALLOR; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUADRIPLEGIA; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; SIDE EFFECT; SUPINE POSITION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; YAWNING;

ADULT; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDODRINE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUADRIPLEGIA; RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 80055003746     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2011.03.022     Document Type: Article

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