ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION: REPORT OF A CASE REFRACTORY TO VASOCONSTRICTOR DRUGS; WITH OBSERVATIONS ON USE OF DESOXYCORTICOSTERONE, LNOREPINEPHRINE, ACTH AND VASOPRESSOR POTENTIATING SUBSTANCES
Authors: E A CROST, H FRIEDLANDER
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1952)

Case Reports1 May 1952ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION: REPORT OF A CASE REFRACTORY TO VASOCONSTRICTOR DRUGS; WITH OBSERVATIONS ON USE OF DESOXYCORTICOSTERONE, LNOREPINEPHRINE, ACTH AND VASOPRESSOR POTENTIATING SUBSTANCESEDWIN A. CROST, M.D., HERZL FRIEDLANDER, M.D.EDWIN A. CROST, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, HERZL FRIEDLANDER, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-36-5-1343 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn 1925, Bradbury and Eggleston1 reported a syndrome, previously undescribed in medical literature, characterized by a fall in blood pressure in the erect position or on exertion, slow, unchanging pulse, decreased sweating, diminished basal metabolic rate, intolerance to heat, increased reactivity to epinephrine, decreased reactivity to atropine, blood urea nitrogen at the upper limits of normal, and unchanging electrocardiogram during blood pressure drop.The exact etiology of orthostatic hypotension has remained obscure, despite 40 or more case reports in the medical literature. 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