Paroxysmal Sympathetic Hyperactivity in a Young Male with Glioblastoma Multiforme

Paroxysmal sympathetic hyperactivity (PSH) is a rare syndrome that is a recognized complication of severe brain injury. It is characterized by episodic hypertension, hyperthermia, tachycardia, tachypnea, diaphoresis, and specific posturing. It is prevalent in an intensive care unit (ICU) setting whe...

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Autores principales: Suliman, Mohamed S, Dobariya, Varun, Shehata, Mena, Singh, Davinder, Al-Astal, Amro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7067365/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32190486
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.6933
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author Suliman, Mohamed S
Dobariya, Varun
Shehata, Mena
Singh, Davinder
Al-Astal, Amro
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Shehata, Mena
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description Paroxysmal sympathetic hyperactivity (PSH) is a rare syndrome that is a recognized complication of severe brain injury. It is characterized by episodic hypertension, hyperthermia, tachycardia, tachypnea, diaphoresis, and specific posturing. It is prevalent in an intensive care unit (ICU) setting where high acuity illnesses can mask the symptoms of PSH. Herein, we report a case of PSH in a patient with a past medical history significant for glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) status post hemicraniectomy, radiation, and chemotherapy.
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spelling pubmed-70673652020-03-18 Paroxysmal Sympathetic Hyperactivity in a Young Male with Glioblastoma Multiforme Suliman, Mohamed S Dobariya, Varun Shehata, Mena Singh, Davinder Al-Astal, Amro Cureus Internal Medicine Paroxysmal sympathetic hyperactivity (PSH) is a rare syndrome that is a recognized complication of severe brain injury. It is characterized by episodic hypertension, hyperthermia, tachycardia, tachypnea, diaphoresis, and specific posturing. It is prevalent in an intensive care unit (ICU) setting where high acuity illnesses can mask the symptoms of PSH. Herein, we report a case of PSH in a patient with a past medical history significant for glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) status post hemicraniectomy, radiation, and chemotherapy. Cureus 2020-02-10 /pmc/articles/PMC7067365/ /pubmed/32190486 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.6933 Text en Copyright © 2020, Suliman et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Suliman, Mohamed S
Dobariya, Varun
Shehata, Mena
Singh, Davinder
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Paroxysmal Sympathetic Hyperactivity in a Young Male with Glioblastoma Multiforme
title Paroxysmal Sympathetic Hyperactivity in a Young Male with Glioblastoma Multiforme
title_full Paroxysmal Sympathetic Hyperactivity in a Young Male with Glioblastoma Multiforme
title_fullStr Paroxysmal Sympathetic Hyperactivity in a Young Male with Glioblastoma Multiforme
title_full_unstemmed Paroxysmal Sympathetic Hyperactivity in a Young Male with Glioblastoma Multiforme
title_short Paroxysmal Sympathetic Hyperactivity in a Young Male with Glioblastoma Multiforme
title_sort paroxysmal sympathetic hyperactivity in a young male with glioblastoma multiforme
topic Internal Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7067365/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32190486
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.6933
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