Prevalence, associations, and risk factors for orthostatic hypotension in medical, surgical, and trauma inpatients: An observational cohort study

Ochsner Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-41

  Aung, Ar Kar ^a   Corcoran, Susan J ^b   Nagalingam, Vathy ^a   Paul, Eldho ^c   Newnham, Harvey H ^a  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Alfred Health ^*  (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hemodynamic responses; Orthostatic hypotension; Prevalence; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PATIENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT; PRESYNCOPE; PREVALENCE; PULSE RATE; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL PATIENT; SYMPTOM; SYNCOPE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TRAUMA PATIENT; WARD;

EID: 84858673077     PISSN: 15245012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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