Postural Blood Pressure Changes and Orthostatic Hypotension in the Elderly Patient
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- 1 January 2005
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Drugs & Aging
- Vol. 22 (1) , 55-68
Abstract
With age our ability to maintain haemodynamic homeostasis during position changes becomes less effective. This predisposes elderly patients to significant changes in blood pressure upon standing and...Keywords
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