title: Seated postural hypotension is common among older inpatients.
abstract: Bed-rest > 12 hours produced postural hypotension (PH) in 54% of seated older inpatients. PH was multifactorial, equally initiated throughout 5 minutes and symptoms arised frequently following small blood pressure drops. In this context PH should be anticipated and prevented.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Internal Medicine, "F" Assaf Harofeh Medical Center affiliated to: Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Zerifin, Israel. internal6@asaf.health.gov.il
authors.forename: Natan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: Oleg
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Gorelik
authors.forename: Gregory
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fishlev
authors.forename: Dorit
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Almoznino-Sarafian
authors.forename: Irena
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Alon
authors.forename: Miriam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shteinshnaider
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Modai
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging; D001510:Bed Rest; D001794:Blood Pressure; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D007024:Hypotension, Orthostatic / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D011187:Posture; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D016683:Supine Position