Possibilities of blood pressure correction using noninvasive transcutaneous electrical stimulation in patients of older age groups

• Luzina Aleksandra V.
• Kotovskaya Yulia V.
• Olga N. Tkacheva
• Runikhina Nadezhda K.

Abstract

The aim of the work was to study efficacy and safety of blood pressure (BP) correction using non-invasive percutaneous electrostimulation in patients of older age groups. Twenty patients of 60 years and older with arterial hypertension (grade III, II and I) and highly probable senile asthenia syndrome participated in the study. All patients underwent correction of BP by percutaneous electrostimulation "AVR-051" (arterial blood pressure) produced by LLC «Inferum» (Yekaterinburg) with following assessment of 24-hour blood pressure monitoring results (BPLab, Russia). Assessment checkpoints were carried out within 4 hours of monitoring. In case on blood pressure correction by percutaneous electrostimulator "ABP-051" there was observed decrease in systolic BP 2 h after intervention to 19.8 mm Hg and a significant decrease in diastolic blood pressure by 16.6 mm Hg (p=0.026). Non-drug therapeutic interventions are also relevant in case of management of elderly patients, especially in context of modern recommendations of tougher BP control. Further researches are necessary to assess safety and efficacy of this method prolonged usage in group of elderly patients with arterial hypertension and probable senile asthenia syndrome.

Keywords:blood pressure, elderly patient, senile asthenia syndrome, non-drug therapeutic interventions