Missed signs of autonomic dysreflexia in a tetraplegic patient after incorrect placement of urethral Foley catheter: a case report

BACKGROUND: Autonomic dysreflexia is poorly recognised outside of spinal cord injury centres, and may result in adverse outcomes including mortality from delayed diagnosis and treatment. We present a spinal cord injury patient, who developed autonomic dysreflexia following incorrect placement of ure...

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Published in:Patient Saf Surg
Main Authors: Vaidyanathan, Subramanian, Soni, Bakul M, Oo, Tun, Hughes, Peter L, Singh, Gurpreet
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2014
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4355464/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25763108
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13037-014-0044-3
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