[Autonomic dysfunction and the development of secondary brain death syndrome].
Vegetative disturbances were observed in 88 out of 102 patients, 86%, after a primary brain lesion during onset of brain death. Tachycardia was most common in 64%, hypotonia below 80 mm Hg and hypertonia above 170 mm Hg were present in about half of all cases. Hyperthermia above 40 degrees C was noted in 25%, hypothermia below 36 degrees C was observed in 31%. The kind of underlying brain lesion had no regular influence on the vegetative disturbances. In 5 out of 6 younger patients these disturbances were less pronounced.
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Neurochirurgische Universitäts-Klinik Thessaloniki.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001341:Autonomic Nervous System / Q000503:physiopathology; D001342:Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D001833:Body Temperature Regulation / Q000502:physiology; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001926:Brain Death / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology; D006706:Homeostasis / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009460:Neurologic Examination
Vegetative Störungen und Entwicklung des sekundären Hirntodsyndroms.