Orthostatic hypertension—a rise in blood pressure upon assuming upright posture—is an underappreciated and understudied clinical phenomenon. There is currently no widely agreed-upon definition of ...

In this study a 21-gauge disposable scalp-vein needle filled with heparin was inserted into the right brachial artery. In 80 subjects changes in pulse and diastolic pressures occurring during and ...

Reversible decerebrate and decorticate postures ordinarily indicate advanced and irreversible disease of the brain, but in three patients these postures were a presenting feature of hepatic coma, and ...