Nifedipine pretreatment for prevention of autonomic hyperreflexia during anesthesia-free extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy.
Nifedipine, a calcium channel blocker, has been used to treat autonomic hyperreflexia in quadriplegics undergoing invasive urological procedures. We present a case of autonomic hyperreflexia triggered by extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy in which nifedipine was used successfully to treat the hypertensive crisis on 1 occasion and subsequently it was used prophylactically to prevent the crisis in the same patient.
Burnstein
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Department of Urology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York.
Richlin
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Sotolongo
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D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D008096:Lithotripsy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009543:Nifedipine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011292:Premedication; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000150:complications; D012021:Reflex, Abnormal / Q000187:drug effects*
D009543:Nifedipine