1. Persistent Hypertensive Response Following Dexmedetomidine Infusion in a Patient with Cervical Spinal Cord Injury
- Author
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Siddharth Chavali, Shalendra Singh, Ashutosh Kaushal, Hirok Roy, and Ankur Khandelwal
- Subjects
0301 basic medicine ,hypertension ,Side effect ,cervical spine injuries ,030106 microbiology ,Case Report ,Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion ,lcsh:RC321-571 ,law.invention ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,law ,medicine ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Dexmedetomidine ,lcsh:Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry ,business.industry ,General Neuroscience ,dexmedetomidine ,Intensive care unit ,Cervical spine ,Male patient ,Anesthesia ,Cervical spinal cord injury ,Noninvasive ventilation ,Neurology (clinical) ,business ,medicine.drug - Abstract
We report a 19-year-old male patient, an operated case of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion for traumatic C5–C6 vertebral injury, who developed persistent hypertension following dexmedetomidine infusion in the Intensive Care Unit to enable tolerance of noninvasive ventilation mask. This unusual side effect should be borne in mind when using this drug in patients with cervical spine injuries.
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- 2018