Postural Hypotension With Syncope

Article1 February 1935POSTURAL HYPOTENSION WITH SYNCOPEREPORT OF A CASE CURED WITH EPHEDRINE SULPHATE*CLIFFORD R. WEIS, M.D., F.A.C.P.CLIFFORD R. WEIS, M.D., F.A.C.P.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-8-8-920 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe diagnosis of postural hypotension, as first described by Bradbury and Eggleston,1is predicated upon the following phenomena: (1) syncopal attacks on change of posture with a drop of the systolic blood pressure to the shock levels; (2) anhidrosis; (3) increased distress during the heat of the summer months; (4) slow and unchanging pulse rate with marked variation in the blood pressure; (5) slight decrease in the basal metabolic rate; (6) signs of slight and indefinite changes in the central nervous system; (7) blood urea at the upper normal level. Other relevant signs or symptoms in one or more of...References1. BRADBURYEGGLESTON SC: Postural hypotension, Am. Heart Jr., 1925, i, 73-86. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. GHRISTBROWN DGGE: Postural hypotension with syncope; its successful treatment with ephedrine, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1928, clxxv, 336-349. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. MAHAN VC: Private communication. Google Scholar4. VAUGHN WT: Clinical study of hypotension, Va. Med. Month., 1928, liv, 757-760. Google Scholar5. SANDERS AO: Postural hypotension; case report, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1931, clxxxii, 217-221. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. RIECKERUPJOHN HHEG: Postural hypotension; case report, Am. Heart Jr., 1930, vi, 225-229. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Dayton, Ohio*Received for publication April 9, 1934.From the Medical Service, St. Elizabeth Hospital, Dayton, Ohio. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited ByVegetative Herz- und KreislaufstörungenZur Patho-Physiologie und Klinik der orthostatischen KreislaufstörungenOrthostatic Hypotension, Anhidrosis, and ImpotenceORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION: REPORT OF A CASE REFRACTORY TO VASOCONSTRICTOR DRUGS; WITH OBSERVATIONS ON USE OF DESOXYCORTICOSTERONE, LNOREPINEPHRINE, ACTH AND VASOPRESSOR POTENTIATING SUBSTANCES*EDWIN A. CROST, M.D., HERZL FRIEDLANDER, M.D.STUDIES ON THE CIRCULATION WITH THE AID OF TAGGED ERYTHROCYTES IN A CASE OF ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION (ASYMPATHICOTONIC HYPOTENSION)*G. NYLIN, M. LEVANDERHYPOTENSION AND FLYINGORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; REPORT OF A CASE*WANN LANGSTON, M.D., F.A.C.P. 1 February 1935Volume 8, Issue 8Page: 920-922KeywordsBlood pressureHeart rateHypotensionMedical servicesPostural controlShockSigns and symptomsSyncopeSystolic pressureUrea Issue Published: 1 February 1935 PDF DownloadLoading ...