Head-Up Tilt Sleeping to Treat Orthostatic Intolerance in a Patient with Advanced Parkinson's Disease: A Case Report.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Orthostatic hypotension is common in people with Parkinson's disease (PD) due to autonomic dysfunction and medication use and can have a significant negative impact on quality of life. Pharmacological treatment is often complicated due to complex blood pressure regulation problems. This case report presents a patient whose symptoms of orthostatic intolerance were successfully treated with the non-pharmacological method of head-up tilt sleeping (HUTS).

Case presentation

A 69-year-old man with PD and prominent autonomic failure received recommendation from the neurologist to use HUTS to battle orthostatic intolerance, of which complaints were worst in the early morning. The patient noted a marked improvement of the orthostatic intolerance after a period in which h

SUBMITTER: van der Stam AH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11521494 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature