Autonomic dysfunction after spinal cord injury /

• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Weaver, Lynne C. (Lynne Christine), 1945-, Polosa, C. (Canio)
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2006.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed.
• Σειρά: Progress in brain research ; v. 152.
• Θέματα: Spinal cord > Wounds and injuries > Complications.; Autonomic nervous system > Diseases.; Spinal Cord Injuries > complications.; Autonomic Nervous System Diseases > etiology.; Moelle épinière > Lésions et blessures > Complications et séquelles.; Système nerveux autonome > Maladies.; MEDICAL > Surgery > Neurosurgery.; Ruggenmerg.; Beschadigingen.; Autonoom zenuwstelsel.; Electronic books.
• Φυσική περιγραφή: 1 online resource (xviii, 453 pages) : illustrations (some color).
• Μορφή: Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
• Βιβλιογραφία: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 0080460100; 9780080460109; 0444519254; 9780444519252

Autonomic dysfunction is a major and poorly understood consequence of spinal cord injury. It is a cause of very serious disability and requires much more research. It should be a focus of treatment strategies. This book will be of interest to anyone involved in research and treatment of spinal cord injury since it helps to explain the tremendously negative impact on the body caused by cord injury that is not as obvious as paralysis and loss of sensation. It contains a compilation of what is known about bladder, cardiovascular, bowel and sexual dysfunction after spinal cord injury, as it relates to the changes within the autonomic nervous system control of these functions. The book begins with a description of the time course of autonomic dysfunctions and their ramifications from the first hours after a spinal cord injury to the more stable chronic states. The next section contains three chapters that address anatomical findings that may provide some of the foundation for autonomic dysfunctions in many of the systems. The system-specific chapters then follow in four sections. Each section begins with a chapter or two defining the clinical problems experienced by people with cord injury. The following chapters present research, basic and clinical, that address the autonomic dysfunctions.