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ractText>Arginine vasopressin has been used for the management of refractory vasodilatory shock. However, it is still unclear whether arginine vasopressin is useful for hypotension in patients with spinal cord injury.ractText>
ractText>A 78-year-old man with autonomic dysreflexia and BACKGROUND
Autonomic hyperreflexia (AHR) is a potentially life-threatening hypertensive condition that occurs in patients with high spinal cord injury (SCI). The current study was aimed to determine sevoflurane concentrations that block AHR in SCI patients.
METHODS
The study involved 28 patients
Autonomic hyperreflexia (AH) is a syndrome characterised by profound pressor responses, sweating and headache which occurs in tetraplegic patients in response to a variety of stimuli below the level of cord injury. The pathogenesis of this syndrome is unclear but may be associated with increased
OBJECTIVE
To establish baseline ADH levels in spinal cord injury patients and to evaluate whether spinal cord patients have attenuation of diurnal variation of ADH similar to children with enuresis and elderly with nocturnal polyuria.
METHODS
Twenty-seven healthy quadriplegic patients, ASIA