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Orthostatic hypotension.
A 29-year-old white woman (weight, 1211b; height, 5 ft 6 in.) was referred to the Hypertension Unit of Massachusetts General Hospital in December 1984. She had been athletic and apparently in excellent health until September 1979 when she contracted an upper respiratory tract infection associated with wheezing. She was treated with prednisone for 5 days with resolution of the symptoms but later...
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The syndrome of low-pressure CSF headaches was first recognized following diagnostic lumbar puncture. In the 1940s and 50s, Woltman in the United States ( [1] ) and Schaltenbrand in Germany ( [2] ) described "spontaneous" posture-related low-pressure headaches that did not develop after lumbar puncture. In spontaneous CSF leaks, there is sometimes a history of strenuous activity or tr...
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A 28-year-old female with a history of situational syncope and a new-onset right sided hemiparesis is described. Tilt-up table test revealed the postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome followed by vasovagal syncope. Neurological and internal medicine tests showed no particular disorders. The patient underwent autonomic physical training and the tilt-up test performed three months later showed...
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OBJECTIVES Orthostatic tremor was first described by Heilman in 1984. It usually occurs in the legs during stance and decreases markedly during sitting or walking. The aim of this study was to determine if orthostatic tremor is invariably associated with the orthostatic and weight bearing conditions in the arms and legs, and to investigate the features of orthostatic tremor under different leve...
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four patients with "primary orthostatic cerebral ischaemia" are described. They complained of dizziness, light-headedness or syncope on standing. None had a significant fall in his systemic blood pressure on assuming the erect posture. Each had bruits over the major neck vessels or absent pulses. Angiography showed widespread narrowing or occlusion of the cervical blood vessels which supply the...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The American Journal of the Medical Sciences
سال: 1904
ISSN: 0002-9629
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-190408000-00010