Osteopathic manipulative treatment for postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome.

Potentially New Indication of Ivabradine: Treatment of a Patient with Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome

Orthostatic intolerance: postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome with overlapping vasovagal syncope.

A 28-year-old female with a history of situational syncope and a new-onset right sided hemiparesis is described. Tilt-up table test revealed the postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome followed by vasovagal syncope. Neurological and internal medicine tests showed no particular disorders. The patient underwent autonomic physical training and the tilt-up test performed three months later showed...

Perioperative considerations in a patient with orthostatic intolerance syndrome.

ORTHOSTATIC intolerance syndrome is an unusual autonomic nervous system disorder characterized by episodic or postural tachycardia that occurs independent of alterations in arterial blood pressure and is associated with symptoms that include palpitations, tremulousness, light-headedness, fatigue, and syncope. Orthostatic intolerance syndrome is most often observed in young women and has also be...

Diagnosis and management of postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome: A brief review

Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) has been recognized since at least 1940. A review of the literature identifies differences in the definition for this condition and wide variations in treatment and outcomes. This syndrome appears to describe a group of conditions with differing pathophysiology, which requires treatment tailored to the true underlying disorder. Patients need to b...

Gastrointestinal symptoms associated with orthostatic intolerance.

BACKGROUND The term orthostatic intolerance is used to describe symptoms of hemodynamic instability such as lightheadedness, fatigue, impaired cognition and syncope that develop on assuming an upright posture. Common forms of orthostatic intolerance in childhood include postural tachycardia syndrome and neurally mediated hypotension. OBJECTIVE A descriptive report of the clinical characterist...