Open AccessA near miss: Autonomic dysfunction in a 2% total burn surface area burn patient with ventilator‐dependent amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Author(s) -
King Becky B. T.,
Wiktor Arek J.,
Wagner Anne L.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.1832
Subject(s) - medicine , amyotrophic lateral sclerosis , total body surface area , population , cardiology , body surface area , burn injury , disease , surgery , environmental health
Key Clinical Message While minor burns in the general population do not have significant cardiovascular effects, in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients they can precipitate fatal autonomic dysfunction. Our case serves as an important example in which a small 2% total burn surface area burn resulted in cardiovascular derangements that could have precipitated a serious cardiac event and death.