Midodrine hydrochloride and the treatment of orthostatic hypotension in tetraplegia: two cases and a review of the literature.
METHODS
A report of two cases of orthostatic hypotension in acute tetraplegia that were resistant to classic treatment interventions.


OBJECTIVE
To discuss the use of midodrine hydrochloride for the treatment of orthostatic hypotension in early tetraplegia.


METHODS
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Texas, USA.


METHODS
Presentation of two cases.


RESULTS
Midodrine hydrochloride successfully treated two cases of orthostatic hypotension that had been refractory to classic treatment interventions.


CONCLUSIONS
Midodrine hydrochloride should be included in the armamentarium of the physician treating orthostatic hypotension in spinal cord injury.
Barber
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DB
Spinal Cord Injury Center, South Texans Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, USA.
Rogers
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SJ
Fredrickson
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MD
Able
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D000316:Adrenergic alpha-Agonists / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000328:Adult; D004351:Drug Resistance; D005438:Fludrocortisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007024:Hypotension, Orthostatic / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008879:Midodrine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008901:Mineralocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000150:complications*; D019233:Retreatment
D000316:Adrenergic alpha-Agonists; D008901:Mineralocorticoids; D008879:Midodrine; D005438:Fludrocortisone