Respiratory Pump as an Underrecognized Target in Orthostatic Hypotension

To the Editor Moloney et al provide a practical review of orthostatic hypotension that appropriately emphasizes venous pooling in capacitance vessels and nonpharmacologic measures, such as salt and fluid loading, compression garments, and physical counterpressure maneuvers. One potentially useful adjunct deserves explicit mention: the respiratory pump generated by diaphragmatic inspiration.

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