Paroxysmal autonomic dysregulation with fever that was controlled by propranolol in a brain neoplasm patient

Korean Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 51-54

  Oh, Su Jin ^a   Hong, Yun Kyung ^a   Song, Eun Kee ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Brain neoplasm; Paroxysmal autonomic dysregulation; Propranolol

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; MORPHINE; PROPRANOLOL; STEROID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

AGED; AGITATION; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN CANCER; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CANCER PATIENT; CASE REPORT; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEVER; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTHERMIA; INFECTION; MALE; MYDRIASIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; ACUTE DISEASE; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; BRAIN TUMOR; THERMOREGULATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGED; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; FEVER; HUMANS; MALE; PROPRANOLOL;

EID: 34248599039     PISSN: 12263303     EISSN: 20056648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3904/kjim.2007.22.1.51     Document Type: Article

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