The findings should make both doctors and researchers carefully consider what dropping blood pressure really means for older patients, he added. Doctors have long known that in the average person, blood pressure rises from childhood to middle age. Butnormal blood pressurein the elderly has been les...
Orthostatic hypotension is manifested by the dropping of blood into the legs when changing posture from lying to standing (orthostasis). The reason for this is that the body’s nerves cannot maintain the state of tension against gravity.10 Low blood pressure mainly affects younger people, ...
Distribution and ob- served associations of orthostatic blood pressure changes in elderly general medicine outpatients. Am J Med Sci. 1998;315:287-295.Robertson D et al. (1998) Distribution and observed associations of orthostatic blood pressure changes in elderly general medicine outpatients. Am J ...
2.Antihypertensive effects of amlodipine besylate and losartan in elderly patients with isolated systolic hypertension evaluated byambulatory blood pressure monitoring;动态血压监测评价苯磺酸氨氯地平和氯沙坦对老年单纯收缩期高血压的降压疗效 3.Analysis ofambulatory blood pressure monitoringin 168 elderly hypertens...
The concept that “lower is always better” can be a recipe for disaster in terms of blood pressure reduction, in particular for elderly, frail patients. Often told is the story of the young intern fresh from medical school graduation starting ward duties. The intern aggressively treats his ...
in elderly persons predisposed to chronic wound conditions, such as venous ulcers, and that administration of DHEA accelerated wound healing in aging mice. This led the research team to suggest that DHEA supplementation may be a safe, effective strategy to improve wound healing in the elderly.16 ...
Dropping any of these factors will introduce variation in the estimation, thereby affecting the accuracy and variability of the estimate. Therefore, for BP estimation in hemodynamically compromised patients from the MIMIC database, we chose a total of 12 input features. PAT and pulse rate were the...
Mikami3 Recent studies suggest that chlorogenic acids, which are the main components of the polyphenol class in coffee, decrease blood pressure, and that hydroxyhydroquinone (HHQ), which is generated by roasting coffee beans, inhibits the antihypertensive effect of chlorogenic acids in brewed coffee....
And she acts like the new grandbaby is her own kitten or puppy, and showers the infant with attention, gentle play, and protective care—dropping favorite toys in the crib, and even putting up with toddler tail tugs with a patient feline purr or doggy wag. Countless children have learned ...
Continuous monitoring of arterial blood pressure (BP) outside of a clinical setting is crucial for preventing and diagnosing hypertension related diseases. However, current continuous BP monitoring instruments suffer from either bulky systems or poor use