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Does 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring detect a higher incidence of postprandial hypotension in elderly patients with falls or syncope compared to controls?
Does 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring detect a higher incidence of postprandial hypotension in elderly patients with falls or syncope compared to controls?
Postprandial hypotension is a frequent finding in elderly patients presenting with falls or syncope, occurring in nearly one-quarter of these patients, most commonly after breakfast.
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Postprandial hypotension may contribute to syncope/falls in elderly inpatients; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before guiding practice.
Puisieux et al. (2000) studied this question.
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