Treatment of orthostatic hypotension.
Orthostatic hypotension (OH) is a fall in blood pressure after assuming an upright position. Whereas asymptomatic patients usually need no treatment, the majority of symptomatic patients can be cured by avoidance of trigger mechanisms and the use of physical countermaneuvers and non-pharmacological interventions. Several pharmacological therapies are available and generally fludrocortisone and midodrine are the drugs of first choice. Recently, highly individualized therapy with ambulatory norepinephrine therapy was able to mobilize otherwise immobile patients.
Oldenburg
Olaf
O
Departments of Physiology and Medicine, College of Medicine, University of South Alabama, MSB 3024, Mobile, AL 36688, USA. ooldenburg@usouthal.edu
Kribben
Andreas
A
Baumgart
Dietrich
D
Philipp
Thomas
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Erbel
Raimund
R
Cohen
Michael V
MV
D002317:Cardiovascular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007024:Hypotension, Orthostatic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy*; D011187:Posture / Q000502:physiology
D002317:Cardiovascular Agents