Open AccessSitting and standing blood pressure measurements are not accurate for the diagnosis of orthostatic hypotension
Author(s) -
John P. Cooke,
S. Carew,
Margaret O’Connor,
Áine Costelloe,
T Sheehy,
D. Lyons
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
qjm
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.427
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1460-2725
pISSN - 1460-2393
DOI - 10.1093/qjmed/hcp020
Subject(s) - supine position , medicine , sitting , orthostatic vital signs , blood pressure , predictive value , receiver operating characteristic , tilt table test , positive predicative value , physical therapy , cardiology , heart rate , pathology
Orthostatic hypotension (OH) is associated with troublesome symptoms and increased mortality. It is treatable and deserving of accurate diagnosis. This can be time consuming. The current reference standard for its diagnosis is head-up tilt (HUT) testing with continuous beat-to-beat plethysmography. Our objective was to assess the accuracy of sit-stand testing with semi-automatic sphygmomanometry for the diagnosis of OH.
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