Vasodilators (alpha-adrenoceptor antagonists), diuretics, and certain calcium channel blockers such as nifedipine can exacerbate postural blood pressure changes, whereas beta-blockers with ...

Postural hypotension or low blood pressure upon posture change can be caused by disorders of the central nervous system, cardiovascular disorders, nutritional diseases, and alcoholism. Severe ...

POTS stands for postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome and shows up ... which controls a few of your bodily functions that occur unconsciously, like heart rate, blood pressure, breathing, and ...

Hypotension in adults is defined as a blood pressure reading of lower than 90/60. Orthostatic hypotension (also called postural hypotension) is the drop in blood pressure that occurs when you move ...

Frailty nurse specialist Linda Nazarko advises on what nurses in general practice need to be aware of when reviewing and ...

Also called postural hypotension, orthostatic hypotension is characterised by a sudden drop in blood pressure levels that occurs when a person stands up from a supine position. Hypothyroidism and ...

arterial blood pressure, blood flow (Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound for cerebral and other arterial blood vessels), breath-by-breath respiratory gas exchange, skeletal muscle electromyography (EMG), ...

Dysregulation of blood pressure in older adults can result in postural and postprandial hypotension. Routine screening for these conditions is easy to perform and helps to diagnose and manage them ...