Background: Autonomic dysfunction has been documented in cirrhosis liver. Its influence on variceal bleed is not known. Aim: To determine the autonomic function amongst variceal bleeders in cirrhosis of the liver. Materials and methods: Fifty cirrhotics (variceal bleeders: 34) belonging to either sex, Childs B, age more than 15 years and non diabetic constituted the study group. Parasympathetic...

BACKGROUND Autonomic dysfunction has been documented in cirrhosis liver. Its influence on variceal bleed is not known. AIM To determine the autonomic function amongst variceal bleeders in cirrhosis of the liver. MATERIALS AND METHODS Fifty cirrhotics (variceal bleeders: 34) belonging to either sex, Childs B, age more than 15 years and non diabetic constituted the study group. Parasympatheti...

Dysfunction in the autonomic nervous system (ANS) has been long considered as a significant factor in the development of many disorders that involve the end-organs of the autonomic nervous system. For example, in 1927, Wolf and Thomas wrote a paper entitled “Gastroduodenal ulcers and autonomic balance” in the Archives of Neurology and Psychiatry. To this day, research continues in the relations...

To find a simple and accurate test of autonomic nervous dysfunction in diabetes mellitus, 41 insulin-dependent diabetics and 25 controls were investigated. The diabetics, none of whom had symptoms of autonomic dysfunction, were tested for retinopathy and sensory neuropathy. Each subject also performed maximal deep-breathing procedures while undergoing electrocardiographic recording: in normal s...

Accepted for publication 25 March 1991 Abstract Recent studies suggest that vagal nerve dysfunction may be important in the aetiology of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease. Delayed oesophageal transit and slowed gastric emptying occur frequently and may also be of pathogenic importance. In 48 patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease we studied the prevalence of and relations between auton...

we discuss here an uncommon condition of neurogenic hypotension in the context of immunoglobulin light chain (amyloid light-chain) amyloidosis. th e most serious feature was autonomic nervous system impairment, mainly characterized by severe refractory orthostatic hypotension, which became progressively invalidating, forcing the patient to bed. moreover, since the systemic involvement of the di...

BACKGROUND In this retrospective analysis we investigated the predictive performance of orthostatic hypotension (OH) and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABP) to predict autonomic dysfunction. METHODS Statistical associations among the candidate variables were investigated and comparisons of predictive performances were performed using Receiver Operating Characteristics (ROC) curves. R...