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Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome
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==Testing== <embedvideo service="youtube" dimensions="400" alignment="right" container="frame" description="This interactive video explains what you can expect during the tilt table test. By eMedTV">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5H5FZTAic7c</embedvideo> Assessing orthostatic blood pressure can be done in a physician's office by measuring the patient's blood pressure while lying down, sitting, and standing at standardized time increments. Dr. [[Lucinda Bateman]] uses a modified orthostatic blood pressure assessment called the [[NASA 10-minute lean test|NASA 10-minute Lean Test]], a variant of a test used by NASA researchers to test for orthostatic intolerance following space flight. The NASA 10-minute Lean Test is less taxing on the patient and can be done in any physician's office. Instructions are available for printout for both [https://batemanhornecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/NASA-Lean-Test-Instructions-1.pdf healthcare providers] and [https://batemanhornecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/NASA-Lean-Patient-Preparation-Instructions-1.pdf patients].<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://batemanhornecenter.org/assess-orthostatic-intolerance/ | title = Simple Way to Assess Orthostatic Intolerance - Bateman Horne Center | last=Bateman | first = Lucinda | date = 2016-09-27|work=Bateman Horne Center Newsletter|access-date=2018-08-16|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|publisher=|language=en-US | authorlink = Lucinda Bateman}}</ref> If the results of the standard orthostatic blood pressure assessment are inconclusive, a [[tilt table test]] can be used for diagnosis.<ref>{{Cite news | url=http://myheart.net/pots-syndrome/diagnosis-tests/ | title = How Doctors Diagnose & Test for POTS|work=MyHeart|access-date=2018-08-16|language=en-US}}</ref>
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