Orthostatic hypotension in the first month following acute spinal cord injury

Spinal Cord

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 65-69

  Sidorov, E V ^a   Townson, A F ^a   Dvorak, M F ^a   Kwon, B K ^a   Steeves, J ^a   Krassioukov, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Orthostatic hypotension; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTONOMIC DYSREFLEXIA; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 37849044126     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3102064     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Claydon VE, Steeves JD, Krassioukov A. Orthostatic hypotension following spinal cord injury: understanding clinical pathophysiology. Spinal Cord 2006; 44: 341-351.
2. Bravo G, Guizar-Sahagun G, Ibarra A, Centurion D, Villalon CM. Cardiovascular alterations after spinal cord injury: an overview. Curr Med Chem Cardiovasc Hematol Agents 2004; 2: 133-148.
3. Mathias CJ. Orthostatic hypotension: causes, mechanisms, and influencing factors. Neurol 1995; 45: S6-S11.
4. Illman A, Stiller K, Williams M. The prevalence of orthostatic hypotension during physiotherapy treatment in patients with an acute spinal cord injury. Spinal Cord 2000; 38: 741-747.
5. Cariga P, Ahmed S, Mathias CJ, Gardner BP. The prevalence and association of neck (coat-hanger) pain and orthostatic (postural) hypotension in human spinal cord injury. Spinal Cord 2002; 40: 77-82.
6. El Masry WS. Physiological instability of the spinal cord following injury. Parap 1993; 31: 273-275.
7. Marino RJ, Barros T, Biering-Sorensen F, Burns SP, Donovan WH, Graves DE, et al. International standards for neurological classification of spinal cord injury. J Spinal Cord Med 2003; 26: S50-S56.
8. Krassioukov A, Claydon VE. The clinical problems in cardiovascular control following spinal cord injury: an overview. Prog Brain Res 2006; 152: 223-229.
9. Teasell R, Arnold AP, Krassioukov AV, Delaney GA. Cardiovascular consequences of loss of supraspinal control of the sympathetic nervous system following spinal cord injuries. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2000; 81: 506-516.
10. Mathias CJ, Frankel HL. Autonomic disturbances in spinal cord lesions. In: Bannister R, Mathias CJ (eds). Autonomic Failure, A Textbook of Clinical Disorders of the Autonomic Nervous System. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, 2002.
11. The Consensus Committee of the American Autonomic Society and the American Academy of Neurology. Consensus statement on the definition of orthostatic hypotension, pure autonomic failure, and multiple system atrophy. Neurol 1996; 46: 1470.
12. Ackery A, Tator C, Krassioukov A. A global perspective on spinal cord injury epidemiology. J Neurotraum 2004; 21: 1355-1370.
13. Claydon VE, Krassioukov A. Orthostatatic hypotention and autonomic pathways following spinal cord injury. J Neurotrauma 2006; 23: 1713-1725.
14. Robertson D, Davis TL. Recent advances in the treatment of orthostatic hypotension. Neurol 1995; 45: S26-S32.
15. Mukand J, Karlin L, Barrs K, Lublin P. Midodrine for the management of orthostatic hypotension in patients with spinal cord injury: A case report. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2001; 82: 694-696.
16. Engelke KA, Shea JD, Doerr DF, Convertino VA. Enhanced carotid-cardiac baroflex response and elimination of orthostatic hypotension 24 h after acute exercise in paraplegics. Parap 1992; 30: 872-879.
17. Wecht JM, De Meersman RE, Weir JP, Spungen AM, Bauman WA. Cardiac autonomic responses to progressive head-up tilt in individuals with paraplegia. Clin Auton Res 2003; 13: 433-438.
18. Frisbie JH. Salt wasting, hypotension, polydipsia, and hyponatremia and the level of spinal cord injury. Spinal Cord [E-pub ahead of print: 10 October 2006. doi: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101984].
19. Frisbie JH. Postural hypotension, hyponatremia, and salt and water intake: case reports. J Spinal Cord Med 2004; 27: 133-137.
20. Vaziri ND. Nitric oxide in microgravity-induced orthostatic intolerance: Relevance to spinal cord injury. J Spinal Cord Med 2003; 26: 5-11.
21. Maiorov DN, Fehlings MG, Krassioukov AV. Relationship between severity of spinal cord injury and abnormalities in neurogenic cardiovascular control in conscious rats. J Neurotraum 1998; 15: 365-374.
22. Furlan JC, Fehlings MG, Shannon P, Norenberg MD, Krassioukov AV. Descending vasomotor pathways in humans: correlation between axonal preservation and cardiovascular dysfunction after spinal cord injury. J Neurotraum 2003; 20: 1351-1363.
23. Munakata M, Kameyama J, Nunokawa T, Ito N, Yoshinaga K. Altered Mayer wave and baroreflex profiles in high spinal cord injury. Am J Hypertens 2001; 14: 141-148.
24. Frisbie JH. Microvascular instability in tetraplegic patients: preliminary observations. Spinal Cord 2004; 42: 290-293.
25. Faghri PD, Yount JP, Pesce WJ, Seetharama S, Votto JJ. Circulatory hypokinesis and functional electric stimulation during standing in persons with spinal cord injury. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2001; 82: 1587-1595.
26. Guyton AC, Richardson TQ, Langston JB. Regulation of cardiac output and venous return. Clin Anesth 1964; 3: 1-34.
27. Miller JD, Pegelow DF, Jacques AJ, Dempsey JA. Skeletal muscle pump versus respiratory muscle pump: modulation of venous return from the locomotor limb in humans. J Physiol 2005; 563: 925-943.
28. Frisbie JH, Sharma GV, Brahma P, Hess MJ, Hayes JA. Recurrent pulmonary embolism and pulmonary hypertension in chronic tetraplegia. Spinal Cord 2005; 43: 625-630.