Fatal cerebral hemorrhage due to autonomic dysreflexia in a tetraplegic patient: case report and review
- 1 May 1992
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Spinal Cord
- Vol. 30 (5), 355-360
- https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.1992.82
Abstract
Autonomic dysreflexia is the most important specific complication of high level spinal cord injury both in tetraplegic and in paraplegic patients above the midthoracic neural segment. It is a life threatening emergency that may lead to apoplexy. We present a case of fatal cerebral hemorrhage due to autonomic dysreflexia in order to demonstrate the gravity of this particular syndrome.Keywords
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