COVID-19 Causing Hypotension in Frail Geriatric Hypertensive Patients?
Medicina (Kaunas)
; 57(6)2021 Jun 18.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1273483
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The association of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) with hypertension has been one of the frequently discussed topics in current studies since hypertension was identified as a risk factor for coronavirus disease. However, no studies seem to be focused on the BP (blood pressure) in patients with hypertension after COVID-19. REPORT This report presents the cases of five frail geriatric patients (avg. age 78.3 (±6.4) years) with sarcopenia and controlled hypertension (office BP < 140 mmHg) who were diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2.FINDINGS:
Control ABPM performed after COVID-19 showed that these hypertensive patients were hypotensive and that the previously well-established therapy was suddenly too intensive for them.CONCLUSIONS:
These findings suggest that BP control after COVID-19 is needed and that ABPM is, particularly in frail geriatric patients, by no means a luxury but a necessity.Keywords
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Main subject:
COVID-19
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Hypertension
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Hypotension
Type of study:
Case report
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Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Aged
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Medicina57060633
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