Head Up Tilt
Syncope as a health risk for soldiers - influence of medical history and clinical findings on the sensitivity of head-up tilt table testing
... New York Heart Association III. Approximately 54 pa- tients did not present any accompanying disease (Table 1). All patients were asked about typical prodromal symp- toms before the onset of syncopal events. In ...
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Arterial blood pressure response to head-up tilt test and orthostatic tolerance in nurses
... Methods Twelve female nurses and 12 healthy controls underwent a 70° head-up tilt (HUT) test for 10 min. Blood pressure (BP), heart rate (HR), pulse pressure, and hor- mone levels were measured. ...
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Procoagulatory changes induced by head-up tilt test in patients with syncope: observational study
... The present study illustrates the impact of passive orthostatic challenge on haemostatic plasma compo- nents in a series of unselected patients with a history of unexplained syncope. During early phase of ...
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Early mobilisation by head up tilt with stepping versus standard care after severe traumatic brain injury – Protocol for a randomised clinical feasibility trial
... The exploratory clinical outcomes are the CRS-R [20], the Early Functional Ability (EFA) [21], and the Func- tional Independence Measure (FIM) [22]. The CRS-R [20] evaluates changes in consciousness. It is hierarchic- ...
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Seizure Like Activities during Head Up Tilt Test Induced Syncope
... Purpose: Some patients with neurally mediated reflex syncope may be misdiagnosed as epilepsy because myoclonic jerky movements are observed during syncope. The seizure-like activities during the head-up ...
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Outcome of head up tilt test in elderly patients with typical versus atypical features of syncope
... positive tilt test were given a structured questionnaire and the response was compared with patients with syncope due to other causes which were ...The head up tilt test positivity was ...
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Which is preferable for orthostatic hypotension diagnosis in older adults: active standing test or head-up tilt table test?
... hUT, head-up tilt table test; IADl, instrumental activity of daily living (0 [worst]–23 [best]); MMse, mini-mental state examination (0 [worst]–30 [best]); MnA, mini nutritional assessment (0 ...
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Provocation of Neurocardiogenic Syncope During Head-up Tilt Testing in Children: Comparison Between Isoproterenol and Nitroglycerin
... Our study is the first randomized, controlled trial directly comparing the use of isoproterenol and nitroglycerin for provocation of syncope during tilt test in a pediatric population of adequate size. Although ...
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Mathematical Modeling of Cardiovascular Dynamics During Head-Up Tilt.
... during head-up tilt (HUT) involve complex regulation in order to maintain blood pressure at homeostatic ...to head-up tilt for the complete system is computationally challenging, ...
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Heart rate variability analysis during head-up tilt test predicts nitroglycerine-induced syncope
... the tilt in patients who had vasodepressor syncope, that the LF/HF ratio was higher in vasodepres- sor syncope than in cardioinhibitory or mixed-type syncope, and that patients with cardioinhibitory or mixed VVS ...
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THE EFFECTS OF TWENTY DEGREE HEAD UP TILT UPON THE CEREBRAL CIRCULATION OF PATIENTS WITH ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION BEFORE AND AFTER SYMPATHECTOMY
... We have measured mean arterial pressure, blood flow, and oxygen uptake of the brain, before and after tilt in two groups of patients: a 15 patients who had been subjected to bilateral th[r] ...
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Predictors of Recurrence of Syncope in Patients with Unexplained Syncope undergoing Head Up Tilt Testing: A Study Using Clinical, Hemodynamic and Echocardiographic Variables.
... al, tilt testing has become the investigation of choice for evaluating patients presenting with unexplained recurrent syncope ...the tilt protocol ...on tilt testing, the hemodynamic changes and ...
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The Role of the Capnography Head-up Tilt Test in the Diagnosis of Syncope in Children and Adolescents
... the tilt associated with one or both of the following conditions: a fall of systolic BP of at least 20 mm Hg, and a fall of diastolic BP of at least 10 mm Hg compared with the last supine ...the tilt ...
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Effects of Posture and Atropine on the Cardiac Output
... Response to atropine during head-up tilt as modified by anti-gravity suit inflation .~ ~ ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Cnrl bloo "Central" blood Cardiac index Heart rate Stroke volume volume L./min./ [r] ...
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Sensitivity of temporal heart rate variability in Poincaré plot to changes in parasympathetic nervous system activity
... during head- up tilt ...the head up tilt phase as evidence of withdrawal of vagal activity (decrease in parasympathetic activity) ...70° head-up tilt phase ...
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Incidence of Venous Air Embolism during Myomectomy: The Effect of Patient Position
... In this study, 84 female patients (20-55 years old) of American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status I or II who were scheduled for myomectomy under general an- esthesia were included (Fig. 2). Patients with a ...
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Head-Upright Tilt Table Testing in Children With Unexplained Syncope
... role of head-up tilt test in patients with a positive ocular compression management of vasodepressor syncope. PACE Pacing Clin Electrophysiol[r] ...
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Gender Difference in Patients with Recurrent Neurally Mediated Syncope
... underwent head-up tilt ...by head-up tilt test, were retrospectively ...to head-up tilt test (HUT) ...
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Effect of Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation on Hemiplegic Gait Patterns
... In the analysis of kinematic characteristics, household ambu- lators showed that pelvic anterior tilt at initial contact (10.74± 2.28 to 7.93±1.97; p=0.038 by Wilcoxon signed-rank test) and the minimal angle of ...
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Evaluation of anatomical pelvic parameters between normal, healthy men and women using three-dimensional computed tomography: a cross-sectional study of sex-specific and age-specific differences
... Conclusions: We found a strong correlation between PI and anatomical-SS in men and women. This novel measurement concept may be useful to estimate PI from anatomical-SS because the measurements of PI are not always ...
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