Orthostatic hypotension and associated conditions in geriatric inpatients

Acta Clinica Belgica: International Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 251-258

  Jodaitis, L ^a   Vaillant, F ^b   Snacken, M ^a   Boland, B ^b   Spinewine, A ^c   Dalleur, O ^c   Gilles, C ^d   Petrovic, M ^e   Pepersack, T ^a  

^a SAINT PIERRE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^d Centre Hospitalier de l'Ardenne   (Belgium)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Drugs; Geriatrics; Inappropriate prescription; Orthostatic hypotension

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIURESIS; FAINTNESS; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; SCREENING; SEPSIS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIZZINESS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84946223730     PISSN: 17843286     EISSN: 22953337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2295333715Y.0000000006     Document Type: Article

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