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  • Title: Studies into postural hypotension in elderly patients.
    Author: Palmer KT.
    Journal: N Z Med J; 1983 Jan 26; 96(724):43-5. PubMed ID: 6296735.
    Abstract:
    Postural hypotension is common in elderly people. A study of 247 patients in Wellington showed an incidence of 33.1 percent. The causative factors included drugs such as diuretics and antihypertensive agents; the consequences of cerebrovascular accidents and peripheral neuropathies; and in a small number, the dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system. The test for autonomic function were difficult to apply to patients and any results likely to be unsatisfactory.
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