Ashley L Wagoner1, Sally E Tarbell2,3,4, Hossam A Shaltout1,5,6, Debra I Diz1,6, Debra E Weese-Mayer7,8,9, John E Fortunato1,2,7,8. 1. Hypertension and Vascular Research Center, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. 2. Section of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. 3. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. 4. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois. 5. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. 6. Department of Surgery, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. 7. Center for Autonomic Medicine in Pediatrics, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. 8. Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois. 9. Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute, Chicago, Illinois.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Chronic nausea in pediatrics is a debilitating condition with unclear etiology. We aimed to define hemodynamic and neurohumoral characteristics of chronic nausea associated with orthostatic intolerance in order to improve identification and elucidate mechanism. METHODS: Children (10-18 years) meeting Rome III criteria for functional dyspepsia with nausea and symptoms of orthostatic intolerance (OI) completed a Nausea Profile Questionnaire followed by prolonged (45 minutes rather than the traditional 10 minutes) head-upright tilt (HUT) (70° tilt up) test. Circulating catecholamines, vasopressin, aldosterone, renin, and angiotensins were measured supine and after 15 minutes into HUT. Beat-to-beat heart rate and blood pressure were continuously recorded to calculate their variability and baroreflex sensitivity. KEY RESULTS: Within 10 and 45 minutes of HUT, 46% and 85% of subjects, respectively, had an abnormal tilt test (orthostatic hypotension, postural orthostatic tachycardia, or syncope). At 15 and 45 minutes of HUT, nausea was elicited in 42% and 65% of subjects respectively. Higher Nausea Profile Questionnaire scores correlated with positive HUT testing at 10 minutes (P = 0.004) and baroreflex sensitivity at 15 minutes (P ≤ 0.01). Plasma vasopressin rose 33-fold in subjects with HUT-induced nausea compared to twofold in those who did not experience HUT-induced nausea (P < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS AND INFERENCES: In children with chronic nausea and OI, longer duration HUT elicited higher frequency of abnormal tilt testing and orthostatic-induced nausea. The Nausea Profile Questionnaire predicted the orthostatic response to tilt testing. Exaggerated vasopressin release differentiated patients with HUT-induced nausea (vs those without nausea), suggesting a possible mechanism for chronic nausea in childhood.
BACKGROUND: Chronic nausea in pediatrics is a debilitating condition with unclear etiology. We aimed to define hemodynamic and neurohumoral characteristics of chronic nausea associated with orthostatic intolerance in order to improve identification and elucidate mechanism. METHODS: Children (10-18 years) meeting Rome III criteria for functional dyspepsia with nausea and symptoms of orthostatic intolerance (OI) completed a Nausea Profile Questionnaire followed by prolonged (45 minutes rather than the traditional 10 minutes) head-upright tilt (HUT) (70° tilt up) test. Circulating catecholamines, vasopressin, aldosterone, renin, and angiotensins were measured supine and after 15 minutes into HUT. Beat-to-beat heart rate and blood pressure were continuously recorded to calculate their variability and baroreflex sensitivity. KEY RESULTS: Within 10 and 45 minutes of HUT, 46% and 85% of subjects, respectively, had an abnormal tilt test (orthostatic hypotension, postural orthostatic tachycardia, or syncope). At 15 and 45 minutes of HUT, nausea was elicited in 42% and 65% of subjects respectively. Higher Nausea Profile Questionnaire scores correlated with positive HUT testing at 10 minutes (P = 0.004) and baroreflex sensitivity at 15 minutes (P ≤ 0.01). Plasma vasopressin rose 33-fold in subjects with HUT-induced nausea compared to twofold in those who did not experience HUT-induced nausea (P < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS AND INFERENCES: In children with chronic nausea and OI, longer duration HUT elicited higher frequency of abnormal tilt testing and orthostatic-induced nausea. The Nausea Profile Questionnaire predicted the orthostatic response to tilt testing. Exaggerated vasopressin release differentiated patients with HUT-induced nausea (vs those without nausea), suggesting a possible mechanism for chronic nausea in childhood.
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