It has been recognized that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a systemic disease which has been shown to negatively affect the cardiovascular and autonomic nerve system. The complexity of the physiologic basis by which autonomic dysfunction occurs in patients with COPD is considerable and the knowledge in this field remains elementary. The purpose of this review is to provide an o...

The records of 113 consecutive patients with a suspected gastrointestinal motility disorder referred between January 1988 and July 1991 were retrospectively reviewed. The aims were to identify the prevalence of autonomic dysfunction in those with or without associated neurological disease and to determine the diagnostic value of testing for autonomic dysfunction. All patients had gastrointestin...

Dr. Elcio Juliato Piovesan – Hospital de Clínicas da UFPR Rua General Carneiro 181 / 12 andar / Sala 1236 80060-900 Curitiba PR Brasil. E-mail: [email protected] Migraine is a common episodic headache disorder characterized by attacks consisting of various combinations of headache, neurologic, gastrointestinal and autonomic symptoms. Autonomic symptoms, such as a cold feeling, increase...

BACKGROUND Autonomic neuropathy has been reported in patients with alcoholic liver disease but information on its occurrence in patients with non-alcoholic liver disease is contradictory. AIM To assess autonomic functions in patients with alcoholic and non-alcoholic liver disease. STUDY DESIGN Autonomic function using five standard tests was examined in 20 cirrhotics (10 alcoholics and 10 n...

This retrospective study evaluated the frequencies of symptoms associated with autonomic dysfunction in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients on stable combined antiretroviral therapy. Patients infected with HIV reported higher frequencies of dysautonomia symptoms compared with HIV-negative patients, particularly in the autonomic domains related to urinary, sleep, gastroparesis, ...

The loss of labyrinthine inputs in patients or animal models has been demonstrated to affect autonomic regulation. Considerable evidence suggests that vestibular-autonomic responses serve to adjust blood pressure and respiratory activity during movement and postural alterations. However, following peripheral vestibular lesions, compensation rapidly occurs, such that autonomic disturbances are n...

Muscular dystrophy is a progressive disease of muscle weakness, muscle atrophy and cardiac dysfunction. Patients afflicted with muscular dystrophy exhibit autonomic dysfunction along with cognitive impairment, severe depression, sadness, and anxiety. Although the psychological aspects of cardiovascular disorders and stress disorders are well known, the physiological mechanism underlying this re...

Botulinum toxin A (BTXA) can disrupt the neuromuscular and autonomic functions. We herein report a case of autonomic system dysfunction that manifested as Takotsubo-like myocardial dysfunction in a patient with botulism. Takotsubo syndrome results in acute cardiac insufficiency, another fatal complication of botulism in addition to respiratory muscle paralysis, particularly in patients with car...

Introduction: The change in parasympathetic function is generally known physiological changes aging of man. present study was intended to evaluate Postural tachycardial index with age. Aim: To measure basal activity by using younger and elderly observe effect on it. Materials Methods: subjects selected are 120 number age group 35 >65 years both sex they categorized into 4 groups based their ...