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

作者：Currie Katharine D; Krassioukov Andrei V^*

来源：Clinical Autonomic Research, 2015, 25(5): 335-337.

DOI：10.1007/s10286-015-0309-7

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

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.

• 出版日期2015-10