Postural hypotension in geriatric outpatient clinic of the Hospital do Servidor Público Estadual de São Paulo

• Autor(a) principal: Miranda,Maurício de Ventura
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Outros Autores: Nogueira,João Marcelo Sales, Costa,Tatiana Inácio
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Geriatrics, Gerontology and Aging (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://ggaging.com/details/206
• topic: orthostatic hypotension, aged, drug tolerance, blood pressure, syncope.

<p><b>OBJECTIVE:</b> Assess the frequency of orthostatic hypotension and its symptoms in outpatients and identify possible risk factors for the patient's profile.<br> <b>METHOD:</b> A hundred elderly aged 65 years old or over it of both sexes that sought outpatient care at "Hospital do Servidor P&uacute;blico Estadual", had their the blood pressure measured in the supine position after a resting of 3 minutes in this position and in a standing position after 1 - 3 minutes, when the patient was asked about the symptoms. The risk factors for orthostatic hypotension were asked previously.<br> <b>RESULTS:</b> Frequency of orthostatic hypotension was 38% and of these only 11% had symptoms. The association of changes in systolic and diastolic blood pressure was more frequent, 24%, compared to isolated changes. One or more risk factors were found in all patients of the sample, and the use of medications and hypertension were the most common.<br> <b>CONCLUSION:</b> There is a high frequency of orthostatic hypotension in ambulatory elderly, especially chronic users of drugs and hypertense elders.</p>