AUTONOMIC DYSREFLEXIA IS AN ACUTE SYNDROME OF EXCESSIVE, UNCONTROLLED SYMPATHETIC OUTPUT that can occur in patients who have had an injury to the spinal cord (generally at or above the sixth thoracic ...

Autonomic dysreflexia is an emergency condition that occurs in patients with spinal cord injuries especially in the upper thoracic region. This condition is characterized by hyperactivity of the ...

Autonomic dysreflexia (AD) is when your involuntary nervous system overreacts to external or bodily stimuli. It is a serious condition considered a medical emergency. AD is also known as autonomic ...

Individuals with spinal cord injury and other neurologic disorders have conditions that affect their urologic systems and their ability to store and empty urine. Urodynamic tests evaluate this ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A Purdue University researcher in the College of Engineering and his collaborators in the Indiana University School of Medicine have received federal funding to develop their ...

The purpose of this study was to examine the incidence of symptomatic urinary tract infections (UTI) and autonomic dysreflexia (A/D) associated with urodynamics in a large population of neurogenic ...

Autonomic dysreflexia is a condition in which the involuntary nervous system overreacts to external stimuli. It is known as autonomic hyperreflexia. It causes a dangerous spike in blood pressure, a ...

Your autonomic nervous system controls things that your body does without having to think about it, such as breathing and digesting. Autonomic dysreflexia (sometimes also called hyperreflexia) is a ...

Dysreflexia is related to the interruption of descending inhibition and the development of hyperresponsiveness of peripheral receptors. Bradycardia resulting from a hypertensive crisis is due to ...