Use of an Air Force Antigravity Suit in a Case of Severe Postural Hypotension
Authors: WILLIAM STANFORD
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1961)

Case Reports1 November 1961Use of an Air Force Antigravity Suit in a Case of Severe Postural HypotensionWILLIAM STANFORDWILLIAM STANFORDAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-55-5-843 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe problem of orthostatic hypotension can be a very perplexing one. This problem may be apparent to the physician in his attempts at treatment, and to the patient by the degree of disability which may be sustained despite intensive therapy. The striking postural fall in blood pressure is stated by Sieker, Burnum, Hickam, and Penrod (1) as primarily occurring from failure of the peripheral arterioles to constrict and maintain resistance when the patient stands. Associated with this is a decrease in the cardiac output and impairment of venomotor ability giving a decreased venous cardiac return. Wright (2) states that the...References1. SIEKERBURNUMHICKAMPENROD HOJFJBKE: Treatment of postural hypotension with a counter pressure garment. J. A. M A. 161: 132, 1956. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. WRIGHT S: Applied Physiology, 9th Ed., Oxford University Press, London, 1952, pp. 274-275. Google Scholar3. FREUCHEN IP: The use of an antigravity suit in neurosurgery. Acta Anaesth. Scand. 3: 17, 1959. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. GARDNERDOHN WJDF: The antigravity suit in surgery; control of blood pressure in the sitting position and in hypotensive anesthesia. J. A. M. A. 162: 274, 1956. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. GARDNERTAYLORDOHN WJHPDF: Acute blood loss requiring 58 transfusions: use of antigravity suit as an aid in postpartum intra-abdominal hemorrhage. J. A. M. A. 167: 985, 1958. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. EISEN ME: Pressurized therapy: a new treatment for vascular diseases and coincidental low back pain. New York J. Med. 59: 3794, 1959. MedlineGoogle Scholar7. CRILE GW: Blood Pressure in Surgery: Experimental and Clinical Research, J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, 1903, p. 288. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: USAF (MC) F/S Iowa City, IowaPresented at the Third Air Force Medical-Surgical Conference, London, England, March, 1960.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Captain William Stanford, USAF (MC) F/S, Department of Surgery, University Hospitals, State University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited BySplanchnic Venous Compression Enhances the Effects of ß‐Blockade in the Treatment of Postural Tachycardia SyndromeEfficacy of Servo-Controlled Splanchnic Venous Compression in the Treatment of Orthostatic HypotensionCoping with autonomic neuropathyClinical aspects of diabetic neuropathiesDiabetic Peripheral NeuropathiesYADOLLAH HARATI, M. D.Diabetic autonomic neuropathyDiabetic neuropathy: Clinical aspectsOrthostatic hypotension following bilateral percutaneous cordotomyDiabetic Neuropathy 1 November 1961Volume 55, Issue 5Page: 843-845KeywordsArteriolesAtaxiaBlood pressureCardiac outputDisabilitiesFallsHypotensionSyncope Issue Published: 1 November 1961 PDF DownloadLoading ...