baroreflex failure
baroreflex failure
A constellation of clinical findings characterised by marked lability of blood pressure with systolic/diastolic hypertension and tachycardia, ± headache, diaphoresis, emotional lability and refractoriness of heart rate in response to exogenous vasoactive substances alternating with hypotension and bradycardia.Management
Clonidine suppresses pressor and tachycardic surges; diazepam reduces stress.
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baroreflex failure
Physiology A constellation of clinical findings characterized by marked lability of BP with systolic/diastolic HTN and tachycardia, ± headache, diaphoresis, emotional lability, and refractoriness of heart rate in response to exogenous vasoactive substances alternating with hypotension and bradycardia Management Clonidine suppresses pressor and tachycardic surges, diazepam, reduces stress. Cf Autonomic failure.McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.