Why the study?
Is arterial stiffness associated with orthostatic hypotension in elderly patients with a history of falls?
Population
57 elderly patients consecutively admitted to an acute- and intermediate-care geriatric ward of a French…
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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May link arterial stiffness to orthostatic hypotension in elderly fallers; cross-sectional data leaves open causality and practice change.
Is arterial stiffness associated with orthostatic hypotension in elderly patients with a history of falls?
Upper-limb arterial stiffness is significantly increased in elderly fallers with orthostatic hypotension, suggesting age-related arterial changes contribute to impaired hemodynamic responses.
Boddaert et al. (2004) studied this question.
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