Autonomic dysreflexia

R. K. Khurana

doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-809324-5.03946-8

Autonomic dysreflexia

R. K. Khurana

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Autonomic dysreflexia is a medical emergency. It occurs in individuals with spinal cord injury at or above the T6 level, disconnecting the caudal spinal region and splanchnic sympathetic outflow from supraspinal control. Visceral or somatic stimuli caudal to the lesion produce acute rise in blood pressure, hyperhidrosis, flushing, pounding headache, nasal congestion, and piloerection. Awareness of autonomic dysreflexia, its prompt clinical recognition, and removal of offending stimuli are important. A quick and systematic treatment of elevated blood pressure can avert serious consequences.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	The Curated Reference Collection in Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Psychology
Publisher	Elsevier Science Ltd.
Pages	345-347
Number of pages	3
ISBN (Electronic)	9780128093245
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-809324-5.03946-8
State	Published - Jan 1 2016
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Acute blood pressure elevation
Autonomic dysreflexia
Blood pressure reduction with antihypertensives
Recurrent blood pressure elevation
Somatic stimuli
Visceral stimuli

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General Medicine

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