Definition The close association between the brain and the heart makes the heart vulnerable during any neurologic insult. This may be reflected in the electrocardiogram (ECG) and could vary between sinus tachycardia to asystole (flat ECG). The abnormalities could be…
Definition Spinal shock occurs following an acute spinal cord injury and involves a reversible loss of all neurological function, including reflexes and rectal tone, below a particular level. It is defined as a state of transient physiologic (rather than anatomic)…
Definition Autonomic disturbances are disorders that affect the autonomic neurons of either or both the sympathetic and the parasympathetic nervous systems. Since the autonomic nervous system supplies almost every organ in the body, autonomic diseases influence localized organ function as…