Can sitting and lying blood pressure measurements be considered interchangeable in older frail adults?

Can sitting and lying blood pressure measurements be considered interchangeable in older frail adults?

Key summary points Aim Does baseline position (lying vs. sitting) influence orthostatic BP changes in adults over 75 years old classified according to their frailty level? Findings In patients with high frailty, orthostatic BP drop was more pronounced from the lying to upright as compared to the sit...

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Veröffentlicht in:European geriatric medicine 2022-12, Vol.13 (6), p.1407-1415
Hauptverfasser: Gabriele, Sara, Georgiopoulos, Ioannis, Labat, Carlos, Kotsani, Marina, Gautier, Sylvie, Fantin, Francesco, Benetos, Athanase
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Aged
Blood Pressure
Frail Elderly
Frailty - diagnosis
Geriatrics/Gerontology
Humans
Internal Medicine
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Posture
Research Paper
Sitting Position
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Zusammenfassung:Key summary points Aim Does baseline position (lying vs. sitting) influence orthostatic BP changes in adults over 75 years old classified according to their frailty level? Findings In patients with high frailty, orthostatic BP drop was more pronounced from the lying to upright as compared to the sitting to upright position ( p  
ISSN:1878-7649
1878-7657
1878-7657
DOI:10.1007/s41999-022-00669-7