Alarming blood pressure changes during routine bladder emptying in a woman with cervical spinal cord injury.

Amanda H X LeeAaron A PhillipsJordan W SquairOtto F BarakGeoff B CoombsPhilip N AinslieZoe K SarafisTanja MijacikaDiana VucinaZeljko DujicAndrei V Krassioukov

Published in: Spinal cord series and cases (2017)

Clinical guidelines for bladder management after SCI recommend avoiding the Credé maneuver due to potential complications such as hernia or bruising. This current case report demonstrates the additional risk of inducing AD and dangerously high BP elevation.

Keyphrases

spinal cord injury
case report
blood pressure
clinical practice
spinal cord
neuropathic pain
heart rate
risk factors
hypertensive patients
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metabolic syndrome
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urinary tract