Nondipping in Parkinson's Disease
Joint Authors
Jost, Wolfgang H.
Sommer, Sita
Aral-Becher, Billur
Source
Issue
Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2011-09-18
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The aim of this study was to identify patients with Parkinson's disease who showed loss or decrease of nocturnal blood pressure fall (nondipper patients) as a marker of autonomic dysfunction.
Presence or absence of orthostatic hypotension was considered to investigate whether alterations in circadian blood pressure pattern are associated with posture-related dysregulation of blood pressure.
Methods.
40 patients with Parkinson's disease underwent 24-hour blood pressure monitoring.
21 patients were diagnosed with arterial hypertension and received anti-hypertensive drugs.
Nondipper patients were defined as having nocturnal decrease of mean systolic and diastolic blood pressure less than 10%.
Presence or absence of orthostatic hypotension was determined by Schellong's test.
Results.
We identified 35 nondipper patients (88%).
Nondipping was detected in 20 patients with orthostatic hypotension (95%) and in 15 patients without orthostatic hypotension (79%).
18 patients with hypertensive and 22 patients with normal blood pressure values were detected.
Conclusions.
In conclusion 24-hour blood pressure monitoring showed a high prevalence of nondipping in 40 patients with Parkinson's disease with and without orthostatic hypotension independent of coexisting arterial hypertension and antihypertensive treatment.
24-hour blood pressure monitoring may be useful to identify non-dipping as a marker of autonomic dysfunction in patients with Parkinson's disease.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Sommer, Sita& Aral-Becher, Billur& Jost, Wolfgang H.. 2011. Nondipping in Parkinson's Disease. Parkinson’s Disease،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-5.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Sommer, Sita…[et al.]. Nondipping in Parkinson's Disease. Parkinson’s Disease No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-5.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Sommer, Sita& Aral-Becher, Billur& Jost, Wolfgang H.. Nondipping in Parkinson's Disease. Parkinson’s Disease. 2011. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-5.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-991121