Non-pharmacological treatments for orthostatic hypotension
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Non-pharmacological treatments for orthostatic hypotension.
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? Postural or Orthostatic Hypotension is a common clinical problem affec...
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عنوان ژورنال: Age and Ageing
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0002-0729,1468-2834
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afr036