To identify hypertensive patients at higher risk for syncope and falls, physicians should focus on comorbidities and current drug regimens, systematically perform an active standing test to identify orthostatic hypotension, employ ABPM to compare BP values with the pre-established target and highlight systolic BP drops and abnormalities suggesting concomitant autonomic dysfunction. The modulation of antihypertensive therapy is an effective tool to counteract the risk of non-cardiac syncope, with possible trauma or other negative influences.
Keyphrases
- blood pressure
- pulmonary embolism
- left ventricular
- arterial hypertension
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- primary care
- heart failure
- heart rate
- oxidative stress
- prognostic factors
- heart rate variability
- emergency department
- stem cells
- patient reported outcomes
- drug induced
- patient reported
- trauma patients