Abstract | UNLABELLED: INTRODUCTION/RESULTS: In 17 patients, chronic idiopathic nausea was associated with orthostatic intolerance (OI) by abnormal tilt table tests (88%) or gastric dysrhythmias (71%). After fludrocortisone treatment, there was >26% nausea improvement in 71%, 1-25% in 6%, and no improvement in 24%. In six subjects, EGGs repeated after >50% nausea improvement all remained to be abnormal, suggesting nausea is independent of gastric dysrhythmias. CONCLUSION: Association of EGG abnormalities and OI in this subset of nausea patients suggests a generalized disturbance of autonomic regulation.
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Authors | John E Fortunato, Hossam A Shaltout, Megan M Larkin, Peter C Rowe, Debra I Diz, Kenneth L Koch |
Journal | Clinical autonomic research : official journal of the Clinical Autonomic Research Society
(Clin Auton Res)
Vol. 21
Issue 6
Pg. 419-23
(Dec 2011)
ISSN: 1619-1560 [Electronic] Germany |
PMID | 21796356
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
- Anti-Inflammatory Agents
- Fludrocortisone
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Topics |
- Adolescent
- Anti-Inflammatory Agents
(therapeutic use)
- Child
- Female
- Fludrocortisone
(therapeutic use)
- Humans
- Male
- Nausea
(complications, drug therapy)
- Orthostatic Intolerance
(complications)
- Retrospective Studies
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