What is the purpose of a Tilt Test and what does a positive Tilt Test indicate?!
Question: A tilt table test measures how your body responds to stress. Usually it is given to patients whose blood pressures drop suddenly like when standing (orthostatic hypotension) or if they have passed out. You lie flat on a table while they measure your blood pressure and you are attached to an EKG/ECG that measures electrical impulses/rhythms from you heart. Then they begin to tip you forward slowly to a standing position at certain time intervals. Then they will inject a stress hormone to make you heart feel like it is being exercised. A positive test can indicate something like neurally mediated syncope or diabetic neuropathy. Your doc will interpret the results.
Answers: A tilt table test measures how your body responds to stress. Usually it is given to patients whose blood pressures drop suddenly like when standing (orthostatic hypotension) or if they have passed out. You lie flat on a table while they measure your blood pressure and you are attached to an EKG/ECG that measures electrical impulses/rhythms from you heart. Then they begin to tip you forward slowly to a standing position at certain time intervals. Then they will inject a stress hormone to make you heart feel like it is being exercised. A positive test can indicate something like neurally mediated syncope or diabetic neuropathy. Your doc will interpret the results.