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Autonomic dysreflexia/hyperreflexia.

1997; National Institutes of Health; Volume: 20; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

Comarr Ae, Ibrahim M. Eltorai,

Neurosurgical Procedures and Complications

As alluded to at the onset, our purpose is to provide a periodic reminder about autonomic dysreflexia/hyperreflexia (AD). Some historical background was offered since so much of the recent literature has been obtained from Medline which started in 1966. There were a number of early pioneers who first labored with AD. Kewalramani, in his fine paper, found various names for AD in the literature: sympathetic hyperreflexia, paroxysmal hypertension, spinal poikilopiesis, autonomic spasticity, paroxysmal hyperactive autonomic reflexes and paroxysmal neurogenic hypertension. Why not use only one term for this life threatening syndrome: autonomic dysreflexia/hyperreflexia.