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orthostatic

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orthostatic [¦ȯr·thə¦stad·ik]
(medicine)
Pertaining to or caused by standing upright.


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Obtain orthostatic blood pressures per facility protocol.
Complications such as bone loss, sensory deficits, range-of-motion and flexibility limitations, heterotopic ossification, habitual compensatory behaviors, autonomic dysreflexia, orthostatic hypotension, and others may complicate the ability to provide LT safely and effectively, but the current literature has not addressed these points directly.
In Japan, Dops, which is a precursor of norepinephrine, is currently available for the treatment of frozen gait and dizziness associated with Parkinson's disease, and vertigo, dizziness and fatigue associated with orthostatic hypotension in hemodialysis patients.
 
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