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Decreased anal reflex

MedGen UID:
155867
•Concept ID:
C0751471
•
Finding
Synonym: Reflex, Anal, Decreased
SNOMED CT: Anal reflex reduced (299865000); Decreased anal reflex (299865000)

Professional guidelines

PubMed

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Rehabilitation procedures in the management of spasticity.
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Recent clinical studies

Etiology

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Exaggerated startle reactions.
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Primitive reflexes and postural reactions in the neurodevelopmental examination.
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Pediatr Neurol 2004 Jul;31(1):1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2004.01.012. PMID: 15246484
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Diagnosis

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Combating cough.
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Startle syndromes.
Bhidayasiri R, Truong DD
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The red reflex.
McLaughlin C, Levin AV
Pediatr Emerg Care 2006 Feb;22(2):137-40. doi: 10.1097/01.pec.0000199567.87134.81. PMID: 16481935
Primitive reflexes and postural reactions in the neurodevelopmental examination.
Zafeiriou DI
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Therapy

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JAAPA 2020 Aug;33(8):8-11. doi: 10.1097/01.JAA.0000684112.91641.4c. PMID: 32740106
Role of automated pupillometry in critically ill patients.
Morelli P, Oddo M, Ben-Hamouda N
Minerva Anestesiol 2019 Sep;85(9):995-1002. Epub 2019 Mar 29 doi: 10.23736/S0375-9393.19.13437-2. PMID: 30938123
Alliaceous migraines.
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Pacemaker therapy in syncope.
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The Hunter Serotonin Toxicity Criteria: simple and accurate diagnostic decision rules for serotonin toxicity.
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Prognosis

Electrophysiology in Fisher syndrome.
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Clin Neurophysiol 2017 Jan;128(1):215-219. Epub 2016 Nov 20 doi: 10.1016/j.clinph.2016.11.009. PMID: 27923188
Guillain-Barré syndrome: clinical profile and management.
Sudulagunta SR, Sodalagunta MB, Sepehrar M, Khorram H, Bangalore Raja SK, Kothandapani S, Noroozpour Z, Aheta Sham M, Prasad N, Sunny SP, Mohammed MD, Gangadharappa R, Nidsale Sudarshan R
Ger Med Sci 2015;13:Doc16. Epub 2015 Sep 21 doi: 10.3205/000220. PMID: 26421004Free PMC Article
Miller Fisher's syndrome.
Teener JW
Semin Neurol 2012 Nov;32(5):512-6. Epub 2013 May 15 doi: 10.1055/s-0033-1334470. PMID: 23677659
Primitive reflexes and postural reactions in the neurodevelopmental examination.
Zafeiriou DI
Pediatr Neurol 2004 Jul;31(1):1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2004.01.012. PMID: 15246484
Megarectum.
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Clinical prediction guides

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Changes of Blink Reflex in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.
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Primitive reflexes and postural reactions in the neurodevelopmental examination.
Zafeiriou DI
Pediatr Neurol 2004 Jul;31(1):1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2004.01.012. PMID: 15246484
The Hunter Serotonin Toxicity Criteria: simple and accurate diagnostic decision rules for serotonin toxicity.
Dunkley EJ, Isbister GK, Sibbritt D, Dawson AH, Whyte IM
QJM 2003 Sep;96(9):635-42. doi: 10.1093/qjmed/hcg109. PMID: 12925718

Recent systematic reviews

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Hu N, Zhang L, Yang X, Fu H, Cui L, Liu M
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The Charcot foot.
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