Open AccessNon-pharmacological treatments for orthostatic hypotension
Author(s) -
P. Thompson,
Juliet Wright,
C. Rajkumar
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
age and ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1468-2834
pISSN - 0002-0729
DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afr036
Subject(s) - medicine , orthostatic vital signs , anesthesia , blood pressure
In a recent issue of Age and Ageing, Fan et al. report negative results in a randomised controlled trial on the use of sleeping in the head-up position (SHU) in the treatment of orthostatic hypotension (OH) [1]. We ask if this treatment or other non-pharmacological therapies should be recommended for use in elderly patients?
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