Paroxysmal Sympathetic Hyperactivity: An Old but Unrecognized Condition

Paroxysmal Sympathetic Hyperactivity: An Old but Unrecognized Condition

Patients who survive a traumatic brain injury (TBI) can sometimes experience symptoms of excessive sympathetic discharge. Despite being known about for more than 60 years, the diagnostic criteria for this condition have only recently been defined under the name "paroxysmal sympathetic hyperacti...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Filipa Brás Monteiro, Ricardo Castro Fonseca, Rita Mendes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SMC MEDIA SRL 2017-04-01
Series:European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine
Subjects:
Paroxysmal Sympathetic Activity (PSH), Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Fever, beta-blocker
Online Access:http://ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/562
id doaj-cd8389b9d83d4fa4aa33b4f1a1fcdfb5
record_format Article
spelling doaj-cd8389b9d83d4fa4aa33b4f1a1fcdfb52020-11-24T23:40:44ZengSMC MEDIA SRLEuropean Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine2284-25942017-04-014310.12890/2017_000562202Paroxysmal Sympathetic Hyperactivity: An Old but Unrecognized ConditionFilipa Brás Monteiro0Ricardo Castro Fonseca1Rita Mendes2Internal Medicine Department, Hospital Egas Moniz, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental, LisbonInternal Medicine Department, Hospital Egas Moniz, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental, LisbonInternal Medicine Department, Hospital Egas Moniz, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental, LisbonPatients who survive a traumatic brain injury (TBI) can sometimes experience symptoms of excessive sympathetic discharge. Despite being known about for more than 60 years, the diagnostic criteria for this condition have only recently been defined under the name "paroxysmal sympathetic hyperactivity". Failure to recognize this syndrome leads to excessive costs, prolonged hospital stays and delayed recovery for TBI patients. This case report describes a patient whose specific rehabilitation program was affected by a failure to identify this entity, even though he presented with many of the characteristics of this condition.http://ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/562Paroxysmal Sympathetic Activity (PSH), Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Fever, beta-blocker
collection DOAJ
language English
format Article
sources DOAJ
author Filipa Brás Monteiro
Ricardo Castro Fonseca
Rita Mendes
spellingShingle Filipa Brás Monteiro
Ricardo Castro Fonseca
Rita Mendes
Paroxysmal Sympathetic Hyperactivity: An Old but Unrecognized Condition
European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine
Paroxysmal Sympathetic Activity (PSH), Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Fever, beta-blocker
author_facet Filipa Brás Monteiro
Ricardo Castro Fonseca
Rita Mendes
author_sort Filipa Brás Monteiro
title Paroxysmal Sympathetic Hyperactivity: An Old but Unrecognized Condition
title_short Paroxysmal Sympathetic Hyperactivity: An Old but Unrecognized Condition
title_full Paroxysmal Sympathetic Hyperactivity: An Old but Unrecognized Condition
title_fullStr Paroxysmal Sympathetic Hyperactivity: An Old but Unrecognized Condition
title_full_unstemmed Paroxysmal Sympathetic Hyperactivity: An Old but Unrecognized Condition
title_sort paroxysmal sympathetic hyperactivity: an old but unrecognized condition
publisher SMC MEDIA SRL
series European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine
issn 2284-2594
publishDate 2017-04-01
description Patients who survive a traumatic brain injury (TBI) can sometimes experience symptoms of excessive sympathetic discharge. Despite being known about for more than 60 years, the diagnostic criteria for this condition have only recently been defined under the name "paroxysmal sympathetic hyperactivity". Failure to recognize this syndrome leads to excessive costs, prolonged hospital stays and delayed recovery for TBI patients. This case report describes a patient whose specific rehabilitation program was affected by a failure to identify this entity, even though he presented with many of the characteristics of this condition.
topic Paroxysmal Sympathetic Activity (PSH), Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Fever, beta-blocker
url http://ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/562
work_keys_str_mv AT filipabrasmonteiro paroxysmalsympathetichyperactivityanoldbutunrecognizedcondition
AT ricardocastrofonseca paroxysmalsympathetichyperactivityanoldbutunrecognizedcondition
AT ritamendes paroxysmalsympathetichyperactivityanoldbutunrecognizedcondition
_version_ 1725509298742624256

Similar Items