@article{ref1,
title="Hemodynamic effects of a single moderate dose of alcohol in elderly subjects",
journal="Journal of studies on alcohol",
year="1991",
author="Stott, D. J. and Dutton, M. and Murray, G. D. and Williams, B. O. and McInnes, G. T.",
volume="52",
number="4",
pages="377-379",
abstract="The effects of 0.5 g ethanol/kg body weight and of an iso-volumic control drink were compared in eight normotensive subjects aged 70-96 years. Blood alcohol concentration reached a mean (+/- SEM) maximum of 44.4 +/- 5.0 mg/dl at 50 minutes after the start of drinking. Compared to control, alcohol increased mean sitting and standing heart rates by 3.4 +/- 1.3 (p = .08) and 5.4 +/- 1.9 (p less than .05) beats/minute, respectively; mean venous haematocrit rose by 3.9 +/- 1.3% (p less than .05). There were no significant changes in sitting or standing systolic or diastolic blood pressures after alcohol compared to the control drink. A single moderate dose of alcohol has only minor haemodynamic effects in normotensive elderly subjects. The rise in heart rate after alcohol may be a reflex response that helps to maintain blood pressure in the face of reduced circulating plasma volume due to alcohol-induced diuresis.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0096-882X",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}