title: [The peculiarities of the orthostasis reaction in advanced age].
abstract: The hemodynamic response to postural stress (75 degrees foot-down tilt) was observed in 14 elderly normotensives (age range 61-92 years) and 15 younger controls (20-30 years). Both the immediate heart-rate response and the increase of the diastolic blood pressure was reduced in elderly individuals, although they didn't suffer from postural hypotension. The suppression of heart-rate oscillation after tilting could be a possible sign of aging alterations. It is concluded, that drug-dependent "normal" blood pressure levels in elderly patient decrease the orthostatic tolerance if the baroreflex is impaired.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Innere Medizin und Geriatrie, des Klinikum Berlin-Buch.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grossmann
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001794:Blood Pressure; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D007024:Hypotension, Orthostatic / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011311:Pressoreceptors / Q000503:physiopathology
vernacular_title: Besonderheiten der Orthostasereaktion im höheren Lebensalter.