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Autonomic Dysfunction

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Autonomic dysfunction is defined by dystonia (paroxystic increase in muscle tone) and at least one of the below following symptoms:

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Odense University Hospital, Sdr. Boulevard 29, 5000, Odense, DK

    Christina Rosenlund

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  1. , Department of Neurosurgery, Haukeland University Hospital, Jonas Liesvei 65, Bergen, 5021, Norway

    Terje Sundstrom

  2. , Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive, Lund University Hospital, Getingevägen 4, Lund, 22185, Sweden

    Per-Olof Grände

  3. Dept. Neuroanaesthesia & Neurosurgery, Arhus University Hospital, Aarhus C, 8000, Denmark

    Niels Juul

  4. , Department of Neurosurgery, Aarhus University Hospital, Norrebrograde 44, Aarhus C, 8000, Denmark

    Carsten Kock-Jensen

  5. , Department of Neurosurgery, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bledgamsvej 9, Copenhagen, 2100, Denmark

    Bertil Romner

  6. , Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Bergen, Jonas Liesvei, Bergen, 5021, Norway

    Knut Wester

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Rosenlund, C. (2012). Autonomic Dysfunction. In: Sundstrom, T., Grände, PO., Juul, N., Kock-Jensen, C., Romner, B., Wester, K. (eds) Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28126-6_65

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