Why the study?
Does an active stand with continuous blood pressure monitoring improve the diagnosis of orthostatic hypotension compared to a tilt test?
Population
Patients being evaluated for orthostatic hypotension, particularly older populations
Comparison
Active stand with continuous blood pressure… vs Tilt test
Design
Review
Authors
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Arbitrary OH diagnostic criteria warrant caution in older patients; leaves open the need for prospective validation of thresholds.
Does an active stand with continuous blood pressure monitoring improve the diagnosis of orthostatic hypotension compared to a tilt test?
An active stand with continuous blood pressure monitoring is preferable to tilt testing for diagnosing initial orthostatic hypotension, though reproducibility remains poor.
James Frith (2015) studied this question.
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