Baroreflex failure - not to be forgotten!

Baroreflex failure is rarely recognised syndrome. What is this reflex and its role in maintaining normal blood pressure? Read more.... and more..

This can be confused with Autonomic failure.Baroreflex failure has a range of presentations, varying from the acute onset of a hypertensive crisis to a chronically volatile blood pressure and heart rate with hypertensive surges in response to stress, punctuated by periods of normal or even low blood pressure during rest. Differentiating this syndrome from other causes of labile hypertension ike Pheochromocytoma is essential in devising effective treatment. In the Current issue of Kidney International they present a case of Paroxysmal hypertension due to baroreflex failure.
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