Initial Treatment of Orthostatic Hypotension (OH)
| Pt education: mechanisms and stressors of OH |
| High salt diet (10-20 g/d) |
| High fluid intake (2 L/d) |
| Elevate head of bed 10 cm (4 in.) to minimize supine hypertension |
| Maintain postural stimuli |
| Learn physical counter-maneuvers |
| Compression garments |
| Correct anemia |