Autonomic dysreflexia: a life threatening emergency.
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Autonomic dysreflexia (AD) is a potentially life-threatening condition that occurs in individuals with a spinal cord injury at level T6 or above. Patients usually present with elevated blood pressure and bradycardia. Noxious stimuli to intact sensory nerves below the injury lead to relatively unopposed sympathetic outflow and dangerous blood pressure elevations. Parasympathetic outflow through cranial nerve X (vagus) can cause reflexive bradycardia but can’t compensate for severe vasoconstriction.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Nursing journal of India
دوره 80 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1989