AUTONOMIC HYPERREFLEXIA ASSOCIATED WITH RECURRENT CARDIAC-ARREST - CASE-REPORT

Authors
COLACHIS SC CLINCHOT DM
Citation
Sc. Colachis et Dm. Clinchot, AUTONOMIC HYPERREFLEXIA ASSOCIATED WITH RECURRENT CARDIAC-ARREST - CASE-REPORT, Spinal cord, 35(4), 1997, pp. 256-257
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology",Orthopedics
Journal title
Spinal cord → ACNP
ISSN journal
13624393
Volume
35
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
256 - 257
Database
ISI
SICI code
1362-4393(1997)35:4<256:AHAWRC>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
Autonomic hyperreflexia is a condition which may occur in individuals with spinal cord injuries above the splanchnic sympathetic outflow. No xious stimuli can produce profound alterations in sympathetic pilomoto r, sudomotor, and vasomotor activity, as well as disturbances in cardi ac rhythm. A case of autonomic hyyerreflexia in a patient with C6 tetr aplegia with recurrent ventricular fibrillation and cardiac arrest ill ustrates the profound effects of massive paroxysmal sympathetic activi ty associated with this condition.