Severe, Protracted Spasm of Urinary Bladder and Autonomic Dysreflexia Caused by Changing the Suprapubic Catheter in a Cervical Spinal Cord Injury Patient: Treatment by a Bolus Dose and Increased Total Daily Dose of Intrathecal Baclofen | Zendy

S Vaidyanathan | Zendy; Tun Oo | Zendy; B M Soni | Zendy; Peter L Hughes | Zendy; Gurpreet Singh | Zendy

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Severe, Protracted Spasm of Urinary Bladder and Autonomic Dysreflexia Caused by Changing the Suprapubic Catheter in a Cervical Spinal Cord Injury Patient: Treatment by a Bolus Dose and Increased Total Daily Dose of Intrathecal Baclofen

Author(s) -

S Vaidyanathan,

Tun Oo,

B M Soni,

Peter L Hughes,

Gurpreet Singh

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

clinical medicine insights case reports

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.187

H-Index - 12

ISSN - 1179-5476

DOI - 10.4137/ccrep.s39117

Subject(s) - medicine , autonomic dysreflexia , anesthesia , spinal cord injury , baclofen , bolus (digestion) , catheter , spinal cord , muscle spasm , surgery , spasticity , muscle relaxant , psychiatry , receptor , agonist

Intrathecal administration of baclofen by implanted pump reduces rigidity and muscle spasms. Its use specifically to control bladder spasms has not been reported.

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