Quarracino C, Capani F, Otero-Losada M, Rodríguez G E, Pérez-Lloret S
Centro de Altos Estudios en Ciencias Humanas y de la Salud, Universidad Abierta Interamericana, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, CAECIHS, UAI-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Front Neurol. 2025 Jan 16;16:1512357. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2025.1512357. eCollection 2025.
To explore the frequency of orthostatic hypotension (OH) in a large sample of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients (ALS).
From the PRO-ACT database, data of 1,240 ALS patients were analyzed, focusing on blood pressure and heart rate before and after standing. OH was defined as a drop in systolic/diastolic blood pressure > 20/10 mm Hg within 3 min of standing. Neurogenic OH was diagnosed when the heart rate increase was below 15 bpm in patients not taking medications that could affect this response.
At baseline, 138 (11.1%) patients showed OH, 76.1% of whom had neurogenic OH. At follow-up, 163 patients (13.1%) had OH, 71.2% with neurogenic OH. Only 22.5% of the patients with OH at baseline had OH at follow-up.
In a large sample of ALS patients, OH occurred in 11-13%, pointing to a subgroup that might require special care to avoid related complications.
探讨大量肌萎缩侧索硬化症(ALS)患者中体位性低血压(OH)的发生率。
分析来自PRO-ACT数据库的1240例ALS患者的数据,重点关注站立前后的血压和心率。OH定义为站立3分钟内收缩压/舒张压下降>20/10 mmHg。在未服用可能影响此反应的药物的患者中,当心率增加低于15次/分钟时,诊断为神经源性OH。
基线时,138例(11.1%)患者出现OH,其中76.1%为神经源性OH。随访时,163例(13.1%)患者出现OH,71.2%为神经源性OH。基线时出现OH的患者中,只有22.5%在随访时仍有OH。
在大量ALS患者中,OH的发生率为11%-13%,提示这一亚组患者可能需要特别护理以避免相关并发症。