A 10-year retrospective analysis of spectrums and treatment options of orthostatic intolerance and sitting intolerance in children

  • Ya-xi CUI ,
  • Jun-bao DU ,
  • Qing-you ZHANG ,
  • Ying LIAO ,
  • Ping LIU ,
  • Yu-li WANG ,
  • Jian-guang QI ,
  • Hui YAN ,
  • Wen-rui XU ,
  • Xue-qin LIU ,
  • Yan SUN ,
  • Chu-fan SUN ,
  • Chun-yu ZHANG ,
  • Yong-hong CHEN ,
  • Hong-fang JIN
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  • 1. Department of Pediatrics, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China
    2. Key Laboratory of Molecular Cardiovascular Sciences, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100191, China

Received date: 2022-06-03

  Online published: 2022-10-14

Supported by

the Cheung Kong Scholars (Young Scholars) Award Program, Ministry of Education, China(Q2017004);Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Project(Z171100001017253);the National High Level Hospital Clinical Research Funding (Multi-center Clinical Research Project of Peking University First Hospital)(2022CR59)

Abstract

Objective: To analyze the disease spectrums underlying orthostatic intolerance (OI) and sitting intolerance (SI) in Chinese children, and to understand the clinical empirical treatment options. Methods: The medical records including history, physical examination, laboratory examination, and imagological examination of children were retrospectively studied in Peking University First Hospital from 2012 to 2021. All the children who met the diagnostic criteria of OI and SI were enrolled in the study. The disease spectrums underlying OI and SI and treatment options during the last 10 years were analyzed. Results: A total of 2 110 cases of OI and SI patients were collected in the last 10 years, including 943 males (44.69%) and 1 167 females (55.31%) aged 4-18 years, with an average of (11.34±2.84) years. The overall case number was in an increasing trend over the year. In the OI spectrum, postural tachycardia syndrome (POTS) accounted for 826 cases (39.15%), followed by vasovagal syncope (VVS) (634 cases, 30.05%). The highest proportion of SI spectrum was sitting tachycardia (STS) (8 cases, 0.38%), followed by sitting hypertension (SHT) (2 cases, 0.09%). The most common comorbidity of OI and SI was POTS coexisting with STS (36 cases, 1.71%). The highest proportion of treatment options was autonomic nerve function exercise (757 cases, 35.88%), followed by oral rehydration salts (ORS) (687 cases, 32.56%), metoprolol (307 cases, 14.55%), midodrine (142 cases, 6.73%), ORS plus metoprolol (138 cases, 6.54%), and ORS plus midodrine (79 cases, 3.74%). The patients with POTS coexisting with VVS were more likely to receive pharmacological intervention than the patients with POTS and the patients with VVS (41.95% vs. 30.51% vs. 28.08%, χ2= 20.319, P < 0.01), but there was no significant difference in the proportion of treatment options between the patients with POTS and the patients with VVS. Conclusion: POTS and VVS in children are the main underlying diseases of OI, while SI is a new disease discovered recently. The number of children with OI and SI showed an increasing trend. The main treatment methods are autonomic nerve function exercise and ORS. Children with VVS coexisting with POTS were more likely to take pharmacological treatments than those with VVS or POTS only.

Cite this article

Ya-xi CUI , Jun-bao DU , Qing-you ZHANG , Ying LIAO , Ping LIU , Yu-li WANG , Jian-guang QI , Hui YAN , Wen-rui XU , Xue-qin LIU , Yan SUN , Chu-fan SUN , Chun-yu ZHANG , Yong-hong CHEN , Hong-fang JIN . A 10-year retrospective analysis of spectrums and treatment options of orthostatic intolerance and sitting intolerance in children[J]. Journal of Peking University(Health Sciences), 2022 , 54(5) : 954 -960 . DOI: 10.19723/j.issn.1671-167X.2022.05.024

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