Fatal cerebral hemorrhage associated with autonomic hyperreflexia during surgery in the prone position in a quadriplegic patient: A case report

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 554-558

  Yoo, K Y ^a   Jeong, C W ^a   Kim, W M ^a   Lee, H K ^a   Kim, S J ^a   Jeong, S T ^a   Lee, J K ^a   Lee, J ^a  

^a Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cerebral hemorrhage; Hypertensive encephalopathy; Spinal cord injuries

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HYDRALAZINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUTONOMIC HYPERREFLEXIA; BALLOON CATHETER; BISPECTRAL INDEX; BLADDER STONE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DEBRIDEMENT; DECUBITUS; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDWELLING CATHETER; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; PLASTIC SURGERY; QUADRIPLEGIA; WOUND CLOSURE;

AUTONOMIC DYSREFLEXIA; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRONE POSITION; QUADRIPLEGIA;

EID: 77954987239     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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