Citation

Soni BM, Vaidyanathan S, Fraser MH, Watt JH, Krishnan KR. Paraplegia 1995; 33(5): 300-301.

Affiliation

Mersey Regional Spinal Injuries Centre, District General Hospital, Kew, Southport, UK.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group -- Palgrave-Macmillan)

DOI

10.1038/sc.1995.68

PMID

7630660

Abstract

Acute hypotension was observed during the spinal shock stage of a 35-year-old C3 complete tetraplegic patient after receiving nebulised terbutaline for respiratory therapy. Nine weeks later, when he had recovered from spinal shock, he again received nebulised terbutaline but there was no significant fall in arterial blood pressure. This case illustrates the possibility of a serious degree of hypotension occurring in such patients with this drug.

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