Cardiovascular changes in cervical spinal cord lesions
Bravo Payno, P.; Labarta Bertol, C.; Mazaira Alvarez, J.
Revista Clinica Espanola 188(1): 24-27
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0014-2565 PMID: 2063024 Document Number: 377825
A study is performed on the alterations in blood pressure and heart rate in 36 patients with cervical spinal cord lesions with as evolution of at least 5 years. We have found fluctuations in blood pressure and heart rate when passing from lying to standing position, before urinating and from one day to another. The incidence of autonomic dysreflexia crisis is observed in 178 patients suffering cervical spinal cord lesions of the Hospital Nacional de Parapléjicos, Toledo. This is a scarcely known entity by physicians in general and the patient's life very often depends on its diagnosis and correct treatment.