Autonomic hyperreflexia, cesarean section and anesthesia. A case report.
Autonomic hyperreflexia, a potentially life-threatening condition, can appear during labor, delivery or cesarean section in a woman with a spinal cord injury. A case of autonomic hyperreflexia in a parturient was managed with regional neural blockade.
Brian
J E
JE
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205.
Clark
R B
RB
Quirk
J G
JG
D000328:Adult; D000773:Anesthesia, Obstetrical; D001342:Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / Q000628:therapy; D002585:Cesarean Section; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D007744:Obstetric Labor Complications / Q000628:therapy*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D012021:Reflex, Abnormal / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology