Treatment of Paroxysmal sympathetic hyperactivity

Current Treatment Options in Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 151-157

  Rabinstein, Alejandro A ^a   Benarroch, Eduardo E ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BACLOFEN; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BROMOCRIPTINE; CLONIDINE; CREATINE KINASE; CYCLOSPORIN; DANTROLENE; DIAZEPAM; DILTIAZEM; ERGOT ALKALOID; ERYTHROMYCIN; FENTANYL; FLUCONAZOLE; GABAPENTIN; LIDOCAINE; LORAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; PROPRANOLOL; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; TACROLIMUS; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VERAPAMIL;

AGITATION; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; BRADYCARDIA; BRONCHOSPASM; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; CONSTIPATION; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEPRESSION; DIAPHORESIS; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG TOXICITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSAUTONOMIA; DYSKINESIA; DYSTONIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTENSION; ILEUS; INOTROPISM; INSOMNIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LIVER TOXICITY; MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA; MUSCLE TONE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NAUSEA; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEUROLEPTIC MALIGNANT SYNDROME; NIGHTMARE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL ISCHEMIA; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; SEDATION; SEIZURE; SEPSIS; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 41549085108     PISSN: 10928480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11940-008-0016-y     Document Type: Review

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