Paroxysmal autonomic instability with dystonia after severe traumatic brain injury

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Paroxysmal autonomic instability with dystonia after severe traumatic brain injury

A 52-year-old man with paroxysmal autonomic instability with dystonia (PAID) after severe traumatic brain injury. Video shows four bouts of dystonic posturing in a semi-opisthotonic pattern combined with dyspnea, tachycardia, and hypertension (the last two are not shown on video). (From: Cardoso Vale T, Echenique L, Barsottini OG, Pedroso JL. Paroxysmal autonomic instability with dystonia after severe traumatic brain injury. Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov [NY] 2020;10:12. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International [CC BY 4.0] license, creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0.)