title: Morphine-sensitive paroxysmal sympathetic storm in pontine intracerebral hemorrhage.
abstract: Paroxysmal sympathetic storm (PSS) is a rare complication of severe traumatic brain injury or cerebrovascular disease. Various medications have been tried in patients with PSS, but the clinical responses of the patients were variable. We report a classic case of PSS after spontaneous pontine hemorrhage in which the patient's fluctuating blood pressure and body temperature were dramatically stabilized using morphine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Clinical Research Center for Stroke, Clinical Research Institute, College of Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul. sangbai1378@gmail.com
authors.forename: Sang-Bae
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.forename: Chi Kyung
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Seung-Hoon
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Hee-Joon
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Bae
authors.forename: Byung-Woo
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Yoon
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001342:Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology*; D001831:Body Temperature; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009020:Morphine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011149:Pons; D013577:Syndrome
chemical_list: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid; D009020:Morphine