| Ambulatory norepinephrine treatment of severe autonomic orthostatic hypotension. | |
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PMID: 11153742 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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OBJECTIVES: This study was designed to establish a patient-controlled, ambulatory norepinephrine treatment of refractory orthostatic hypotension due to primary autonomic failure. BACKGROUND: Autonomic dysfunction leads to disabling postural hypotension. Particularly in primary autonomic dysfunction, repeated syncope and immobilization can be the result. Medical treatment of orthostatic hypotension often fails in advanced cases. METHODS: Ambulatory, patient-controlled norepinephrine therapy was initiated in six patients with orthostatic hypotension due to primary autonomic failure that had been refractory to conventional treatment. Before this therapy, three patients were bedridden; one was immobilized in a wheelchair. All had recurrent syncope and tolerated upright tilt-table testing for less than 15 min despite extensive medical treatment. For ambulatory treatment, a port-a-cath system was implanted and, using a CADD ambulatory infusion pump, norepinephrine was infused in individually adjusted dosages. RESULTS: Norepinephrine infusion therapy enabled all patients to sit, stay and walk around for more than 45 min. One patient died after a five-year treatment period, another after nine months because of nonhemorrhagic brain stem infarctions, both in the absence of norepinephrine treatment. The remaining four patients are still mobile after a period of 19, 10, 9 and 7 months, respectively. None of them has suffered complications due to arterial hypo- or hypertension, and there has been no infection of the infusion system. CONCLUSIONS: In these selected patients with refractory orthostatic hypotension due to primary autonomic dysfunction, ambulatory norepinephrine infusion therapy has proved to be a promising new therapeutic option. Further long-term studies including more patients are necessary to assess additional indications, reliability and safety of this new method. |
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Authors:
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O Oldenburg; A Mitchell; J Nürnberger; S Koeppen; R Erbel; T Philipp; A Kribben |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of the American College of Cardiology Volume: 37 ISSN: 0735-1097 ISO Abbreviation: J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. Publication Date: 2001 Jan |
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Created Date: 2001-01-10 Completed Date: 2001-01-25 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 8301365 Medline TA: J Am Coll Cardiol Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 219-23 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
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Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, Essen, Germany. olaf.oldenburg@uni-essen.de |
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Aged Ambulatory Care* Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / drug therapy* Female Humans Hypotension, Orthostatic / drug therapy* Infusion Pumps, Implantable Male Middle Aged Norepinephrine / administration & dosage* Treatment Outcome |
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51-41-2/Norepinephrine |
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