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Paroxysmal Sympathetic Hyperactivity in Patients Victims of Traumatic Brain Injury: Literature Review

Arq. bras. neurocir; 41 (1), 2022
The present literature review aims to present the physiology of paroxysmal sympathetic hyperactivity (PSH) as well as its clinical course, conceptualizing them, and establishing its diagnosis and treatment. Paroxysmal sympathetic hyperactivity is a rare syndrome, which often presents after an acute traum...

Impact of rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder and autonomic disorders on Parkinson's disease: a review

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 79 (2), 2021
ABSTRACT Parkinson's disease (PD) has heterogeneous clinical manifestations and prognoses. It is accompanied by a group of motor and non-motor symptoms ranging from independence to total disability, limiting work and personal care activities. Currently, disease subtype markers for informing prognosis rem...

Síndrome de hiperatividade simpática paroxística causada por síndrome da embolia gordurosa

RESUMO A hiperatividade simpática paroxística representa uma complicação incomum, com potencial risco à vida, de lesões cerebrais graves, mais comumente de origem traumática. Seu diagnóstico clínico se baseia na manifestação recorrente de taquicardia, hipertensão, diaforese, taquipneia e, às...

Alternative approach to autonomic instability of very severe tetanus: stellate ganglion block

Rev. bras. anestesiol; 68 (2), 2018
Abstract Tetanus is an acute and deadly disease caused by Clostridium tetani. A 60-year-old male came to hospital after he injured his thumb with a knife. Ten days later, he returned to hospital with abdominal spasms. He was vaccinated against tetanus and referred to intensive care unit. As he had sudden...

Impressäo basilar e distúrbios do sistema nervoso autônomo
Basilar impression and autonomic nervous system disorders

Arq. bras. neurocir; 9 (3), 1990
No período de 01-03-1971 a 15-02-1990 foram operados, em nosso serviço 233 casos de malformaçöes occipitocervicais. Os autores estudam os distúrbios neurovegetativos observados em 137 (58,7%) pacientes ...