Orthostatic tests in 85 geriatric patients in in-patient long-term care.
Pathological orthostatic heart rate and systolic blood pressure responses are common in geriatric patients in long-term in-patient care. The distribution of these pathological types of response differs markedly from that of earlier investigated patients (2), with a higher prevalence of asympathicotonic and vasovagal responses and a lower prevalence of sympathicotonic responses in this material.
D000368:Aged; D001794:Blood Pressure; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011187:Posture