Variations in Pulse and Blood Pressure With Interrupted Change of Posture*
Authors: DAVID G. GHRIST
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1931)

Article1 February 1931Variations in Pulse and Blood Pressure With Interrupted Change of Posture*DAVID G. GHRIST, M.D.DAVID G. GHRIST, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-4-8-945 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptCareful studies of the normal circulatory response to uninterrupted changes of posture from recumbency to standing have been previously reported4,5,6. Following Ghrist and Brown's report of a step-like fall of both systolic and diastolic blood pressure, with associated faintness or syncope on passive, interrupted change of posture from recumbency to standing in one case of postural hypotension with syncope and in one case of proved Addison's disease, it was deemed advisable to repeat these fractional postural studies on groups of normal subjects and of patients. The following study of pulse rate, blood pressure and resultant symptoms from passive postural change,...1 ADSON AW: Surgical relief of Raynaud's disease and other vascular disturbances by sympathetic ganglionectomy and perivascular neurectomy. Ann. Clin. Med., 5:161-167 (Aug.) 1926. Google Scholar2 GHRIST DG: The temperature of the upper and lower extremities in relation to the control exercised by the sympathetic nervous system. Proc. Staff Meetings of Mayo Clinic., 5:25-26 (Jan. 29) 1930. Google Scholar3 GHRISTBROWN DGGE: Postural hypotension with syncope; its successful treatment with ephedrine. Am. Jour. Med. Sc., 175:336-349 (March) 1928. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4 HILLBARNARD LH: The influence of the force of gravity on the circulation. Part II. Jour. Physiol., 21: 323-352 (May) 1897. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5 KERNOHANANDERSONKEITH JWEWNM: The arterioles in cases of hypertension. Arch. Int. Med., 44:395-423 (Sept.) 1929. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6 MORTENSEN MA: Blood-pressure reactions to passive postural changes: An index to myocardial efficiency. Am. Jour. Med. Sc., 165:667-675 (May) 1923. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7 SCHNEIDERTRUESDELL ECD: A statistical study of pulse rate and the arterial blood pressures in recumbency, standing, and after a standard exercise. Am. Jour. Physiol., 61:429-474 (Aug.) 1922. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: DAVID G. GHRIST, M.D.Affiliations: The Mayo Foundation Rochester, Minnesota**Abridgement of thesis submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of the University of Minnesota in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Medicine, 1930.†Certain of these were studied before and after sympathetic ganglionectomy and trunk resection. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byTransmembrane gationic gradient and blood pressure regulationUntersuchungen zur Frage der Kreislaufregulation des Menschen beim Wechsel der KörperlageBlood pressure in the arm and thigh of manAbnormal brachial blood pressure response to postural change in patients suffering from psychoses of the senium. Control by thyroidThe Importance of Studying the Postural Responses of the Blood Pressure and the Heart Rate, with a Note on the Method of Taking the Blood Pressure in the Erect PostureThe effect of fever on postural changes in blood pressure and pulse rate 1 February 1931Volume 4, Issue 8Page: 945-958KeywordsBlood pressureFallsGraduate medical educationHeart rateHypotensionPostural controlSyncope ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 February 1931 PDF downloadLoading ...