tilt-table

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tilt-table

(tĭlt′tā′bəl)

An examining table that can be tilted to a nearly upright position for assessment of a patient's circulatory response to gravitational change.

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Keywords: Tilt-table testing, Syncope, Arrhythmia, Cardiomyopathy.

COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF RESPONSES TO TILT-TABLE TESTING IN PATIENTS OF BOTH GENDERS WITH UNEXPLAINED SYNCOPE

Often tilt-table testing itself causes patients worry, anxiety, or stress.

Improved Patient Outcomes by Normalizing Sympathovagal Balance: Differentiating Syncope--Precise Subtype Differentiation Leads to Improved Outcomes

KEY WORDS: Valsalva Maneuver; Tilt-Table Test; Ankylosing Spondylitis; Autonomic Nervous System

Assessment of cardiac sympathovagal activity in the patients suffering from ankylosing spondylitis

The reports of tilt-table tests performed between July 1, 2001 and July 1, 2009, at Boston Medical Center, an urban, tertiary-care, academic hospital, were reviewed.

Racial differences in response to tilt-table testing in patients refered

Caption: Tilt-table venography demonstrates a dilated varicose ovarian vein with fill into pelvic varicosities.

Pelvic congestion syndrome: a treatable cause of pain

Adverse events with a relationship to therapy, that is, orthostatic reactions leading to dizziness, occurred in the tilt-table group only (n = 8).

Early poststroke rehabilitation using a robotic tilt-table stepper and functional electrical stimulation

Survey respondents indicated they think tilt-table testing has only limited utility for this purpose.

Tilt-table test for syncope falling out of favor

Within days, Jack ended up in hospital with bleeding on the brain which he said was a result of stress and worry of the tilt-table going missing.

Readers help disabled Jack; FUNDRAISER: Stolen essential equipment can now be replaced

Six months later, the researchers gave the adults another series of tilt-table tests.

Stopping drugs reduces falling in older persons

Lamarre-Cliche M, Cusson (2001) The fainting patient: value of the head-upright tilt-table test in adult patients with orthostatic intolerance.

Dose-response related efficacy in orthostatic hypotension of a fixed combination of D-camphor and an extract from fresh Crataegus Berries and the contribution of the single components. (Review)

It involved 198 consecutive patients who presented to Eastbourne (England) District General Hospital with a history of two or more unexplained syncopal episodes during the last year and no indication for pacing after carotid sinus massage and head-up tilt-table testing.

Implantable monitor may aid diagnosis of syncope. (Data from Large Randomized Trial)

Tilt-table, stationary or shuttle type systems are available for use with either crucible or refractory furnaces.