Postural Hypotension Associated with Nonelastic Pantyhose during Lymphedema Treatment
Joint Authors
Pereira de Godoy, Jose Maria
Guerreiro de Godoy, Maria de Fátima
Zucchi Libanore, Daniel
Source
Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-3, 3 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-07-03
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
3
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The case of a 72-year-old female patient with elephantiasis is reported.
The patient was submitted to two surgeries to remove the edema.
After surgery, the leg again evolved to elephantiasis and eventually she was referred to the Clinica Godoy for clinical treatment.
Intensive treatment was carried out (6 to 8 hours per day) and the patient lost more than 70% of the limb volume within one week.
After this loss, the volume was maintained using grosgrain compression pantyhose for 24 hours per day.
During the return appointment, the patient suffered from systemic hypotension (a drop of more than 30 mmHg within three minutes) while she was standing after removing the stocking.
A further investigation showed that the symptoms only appeared when the stocking was worn for 24 hours.
Thus, the patient was advised to use the stocking only during the day thereby avoiding the symptoms of hypotension.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Pereira de Godoy, Jose Maria& Zucchi Libanore, Daniel& Guerreiro de Godoy, Maria de Fátima. 2014. Postural Hypotension Associated with Nonelastic Pantyhose during Lymphedema Treatment. Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-3.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Pereira de Godoy, Jose Maria…[et al.]. Postural Hypotension Associated with Nonelastic Pantyhose during Lymphedema Treatment. Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-3.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Pereira de Godoy, Jose Maria& Zucchi Libanore, Daniel& Guerreiro de Godoy, Maria de Fátima. Postural Hypotension Associated with Nonelastic Pantyhose during Lymphedema Treatment. Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-479492
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-479492