Orthostatic hypotension: what to think of it and what to do?
Waeber, B.; Pruvot, E.
Revue Medicale Suisse 9(397): 1618-1621
2013
ISSN/ISBN: 1660-9379 PMID: 24073472 Document Number: 670203
Orthostatic hypotension is encountered frequently in everyday practice. It is often very disabling because of its troublesome symptomalogy. Orthostatic hypotension may be due to several causes and can be easily diagnosed by measuring blood pressure and heart rate after 3 minutes in upright posture. Its treatment comprises in all cases non-pharmacological interventions which can be associated whenever required by medications, in particular midodrine and fludrocortisone.