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SUBMITTER: Shaw BH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5542884 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of hypertension 20170501 5
<h4>Objective</h4>This study aimed to identify optimal blood pressure cut-offs to diagnose orthostatic hypotension during a sit-to-stand manoeuvre.<h4>Methods</h4>This was a cross-sectional study of patients and healthy controls from the Vanderbilt Autonomic Dysfunction Center. Blood pressure was measured while supine, seated and standing. Blood pressure changes were calculated from supine-to-standing and seated-to-standing. Orthostatic hypotension was diagnosed on the basis of a supine-to-stand ...[more]