Beta blockade in the treatment of autonomic dysreflexia: A case report and review
| Autor: | Richard M. Houston, Praxedes V. Belandres, Paul F. Pasquina |
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| Rok vydání: | 1998 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male Adrenergic beta-Antagonists Administration Oral Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Neurological disorder Drug Administration Schedule medicine Humans Adverse effect Spinal Cord Injuries Metoprolol business.industry Rehabilitation medicine.disease Spinal cord Blockade medicine.anatomical_structure Autonomic Nervous System Diseases Anesthesia Cervical Vertebrae Spinal Fractures Anxiety Autonomic dysreflexia medicine.symptom Complication business medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 79:582-584 |
| ISSN: | 0003-9993 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0003-9993(98)90077-6 |
| Popis: | Autonomic dysreflexia has long been considered a sympathetically mediated phenomenon. Recent articles have reported the use of alpha blockers as a means of treatment. We report the case of a 20-year-old CS American Spinal Injury Association A spinal cord injured patient who almost daily experienced symptoms of headache, facial flushing, and hypertension consistent with autonomic dysreflexia. These symptoms caused him frequent discomfort and anxiety. Despite an extensive workup, we were unable to identify a source of his dysreflexic episodes. After starting metoprolol 50mg every night, however, these episodes stopped and the patient showed no adverse effects from the medication. |
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