What Medical Condition Is Common in Elders, Even Without Diuretic

question 5

Multiple Choice

What medical condition is common in elders, even without diuretic therapy or beta-blocker use, because baroreceptors become less sensitive to change in posture and other compensatory systems are altered by frailty?

• A) Essential hypertension
• B) Malignant hypertension
• C) Orthostatic hypotension
• D) Neurally mediated hypotension

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