A Primary Care Provider’s Guide to Autonomic Dysfunction Following Spinal Cord Injury | Zendy

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A Primary Care Provider’s Guide to Autonomic Dysfunction Following Spinal Cord Injury

Author(s) -

Andrei V. Krassioukov,

Michael Stillman,

Lisa A. Beck

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

topics in spinal cord injury rehabilitation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597

H-Index - 35

eISSN - 1945-5763

pISSN - 1082-0744

DOI - 10.46292/sci2602-123

Subject(s) - medicine , spinal cord injury , autonomic nervous system , autonomic function , spinal cord , paralysis , neuroscience , physical medicine and rehabilitation , blood pressure , heart rate , heart rate variability , psychology , surgery , psychiatry

Spinal cord injury (SCI) disrupts the crucial “crosstalk” between the spinal autonomic nervous system and supraspinal control centers. Therefore, SCI may result not only in motor paralysis but also in potentially life-threatening impairments of many autonomic functions including, but not limited to, blood pressure regulation. Despite the detrimental consequences of autonomic dysregulation, management and recovery of autonomic functions after SCI is greatly underexplored. Although impaired autonomic function may impact several organ systems, this overview will focus primarily on disruptions of cardiovascular and thermoregulation and will offer suggestions for management of these secondary effects of SCI.

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