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| Title |
Autonomic hyperreflexia after spinal cord injury managed successfully with intravenous lidocaine: a case report
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Patient Safety in Surgery, March 2016
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| DOI | 10.1186/s13037-016-0098-5 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Pedro Leão, Paulo Figueiredo |
| Abstract |
Some paraplegic patients may wish undergo some surgical procedures, like urological procedures, without anesthesia. However, these patients can develop autonomic hyperreflexia if cystoscopy is performed without anesthesia. We present a case of severe autonomic hyperreflexia in a 44-year-old male with spinal cord injury at the level of T4 during urologic procedure under sedation and analgesia successfully treated with intravenous lidocaine. This case illustrates that patients with spinal cord injuries are likely to develop autonomic hyperreflexia during urological procedures performed without anesthesia. Health professionals should educate spinal cord injury patients regarding risks of this serious condition and be aware to prevent and manage autonomic hyperreflexia. In an acute episode, nifedipine, nitrates and captopril are the most commonly used and recommended agents. To our knowledge, this is the first case report of severe autonomic hyperreflexia treated successfully with intravenous lidocaine. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 22 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 22 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Other | 3 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 2 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 9% |
| Lecturer | 1 | 5% |
| Student > Bachelor | 1 | 5% |
| Other | 5 | 23% |
| Unknown | 8 | 36% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 23% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 3 | 14% |
| Neuroscience | 2 | 9% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 1 | 5% |
| Arts and Humanities | 1 | 5% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 10 | 45% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 21 March 2016.
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#18,447,592
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#187
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#2
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