Increasing Prevalence of Orthostatic Hypotension as a Cause of Syncope With Advancing Age and Multimorbidity
J Am Med Dir Assoc
.
2019 May;20(5):586-588.
doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2019.01.149.
Epub 2019 Mar 26.
Authors
Alice Ceccofiglio
1
,
Chiara Mussi
2
,
Martina Rafanelli
1
,
Giulia Rivasi
1
,
Mario Bo
3
,
Enrico Mossello
1
,
Anna Maria Martone
4
,
Pasquale Abete
5
,
Andrea Ungar
6
Affiliations
1
Department of Geriatrics, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi and University of Florence, Italy.
2
Centro di Valutazione e Ricerca Gerontologica, Chair of Geriatrics, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.
3
Section of Geriatrics, Department of Medical Sciences, Città della Salute e della Scienza-Molinette, Torino, Italy.
4
Department of Geriatrics, Neurosciences and Orthopedics, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.
5
Department of Translational Medical Sciences, University of Naples, Federico II, Naples, Italy.
6
Department of Geriatrics, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi and University of Florence, Italy. Electronic address:
[email protected]
.
PMID:
30926410
DOI:
10.1016/j.jamda.2019.01.149
No abstract available
Publication types
Editorial
MeSH terms
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Blood Pressure
Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions
Humans
Hypotension, Orthostatic / epidemiology*
Multicenter Studies as Topic
Multimorbidity*
Prevalence
Syncope / epidemiology*