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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...
Autores principales: | Vaidyanathan, Subramanian, Soni, Bakul M, Oo, Tun, Hughes, Peter L, Singh, Gurpreet |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4355464/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25763108 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13037-014-0044-3 |
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