Sarcopenia and Orthostatic Hypotension

Sisli Hamidiye Etfal Training and Research Hospital

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Sarcopenia; Orthostatic Hypotension

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: blood pressure measurement

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03732716

2052

Details and patient eligibility

About

Elderly patients generally have a tendency for having sarcopenia which refers to muscle loss that may be related to many factors. These patients also have a tendency to falls and injuries. Whether elderly sarcopenic patients have abrupt blood pressure drops upon standing remains unknown. Therefore, in this study, we sought to determine the incidence of orthostatic hypotension in sarcopenic elderly patients and compare it with elderly patients with no sarcopenia.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 75+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients 75 years or older

Exclusion criteria

• Pace-maker
• End stage renal insufficiency
• End stage malignancy
• Dehydration
• Severe anemia ( Hgb < 8 gr/dl)
• Acute infection
• Marked edema
• Neurodegenerative disease

Trial design

100 participants in 2 patient groups

Elderly with sarcopenia

Description:

50 patients aged 75 or older with sarcopenia Intervention: Each patient's supine and standing blood pressures will be measured.

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: blood pressure measurement

Elderly without sarcopenia

Description:

50 patients aged 75 or older without sarcopenia Intervention: Each patient's supine and standing blood pressures will be measured.

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: blood pressure measurement