Autonomic hyperreflexia during upper extremity surgery.
A case is presented of autonomic hyperreflexia in a quadriplegic patient occurring during upper extremity surgery. Tourniquet ischaemia is proposed as the likely causative stimulus. An understanding of the afferent neural pathways involved in this physiological response may be useful in better understanding the subjective phenomena of tourniquet pain in neurologically intact individuals.
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D011782:Quadriplegia; D012021:Reflex, Abnormal / Q000209:etiology*; D013709:Tendon Transfer / Q000009:adverse effects; D013933:Thumb / Q000601:surgery; D014111:Tourniquets / Q000009:adverse effects