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Arch Phys Med Rehabil · Sep 2011
Case ReportsHyperbaric oxygen therapy in the management of paroxysmal sympathetic hyperactivity after severe traumatic brain injury: a report of 6 cases.
- Li-Quan Lv, Li-Jun Hou, Ming-Kun Yu, Xue-Hua Ding, Xiang-Qian Qi, and Yi-Cheng Lu.
- Shanghai Institute of Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, Shanghai Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.
- Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2011 Sep 1;92(9):1515-8.
AbstractParoxysmal sympathetic hyperactivity (PSH) after severe brain injury is detrimental to the recovery of patients. Pharmacologic management of PSH is difficult and efficacy is unpredictable or incomplete. This report presents 6 cases of PSH after extremely severe traumatic brain injury in which hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) controlled paroxysmal autonomic changes and posturing in the early subacute phase after limited success with conventional medication regimens. Thus, HBOT may present an option for the management of PSH in addition to pharmacologic therapy. Potential mechanisms for these effects are discussed.Copyright © 2011 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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