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A walking disaster: a case of incomplete spinal cord injury with symptomatic orthostatic hypotension

Journal

CLINICAL AUTONOMIC RESEARCH
Volume 25, Issue 5, Pages 335-337

Publisher

SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s10286-015-0309-7

Keywords

Blood pressure; Central cord syndrome; Orthostatic intolerance; Tilt-table test; Syncope

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  1. Craig H. Neilsen Foundation

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Eight months post-injury, an ambulatory 58-year-old male with an incomplete spinal cord injury experienced syncope and a 52-mmHg drop in his systolic blood pressure during a tilt-table assessment. This case study highlights the necessity to examine autonomic function in all cases of spinal cord injury, regardless of injury severity.

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