Effect of atropine sulfate in pulmonary hypertrophic osteoarthropathy

Open Access

1 July 1980

journal article
research article
Published by Wiley in Arthritis & Rheumatism

Vol. 23 (7) , 822-824
https://doi.org/10.1002/art.1780230708

Abstract

A 49-year-old patient with pulmonary hypertrophic osteoarthropathy was treated with 0.4 mg of atropine sulfate every 4 hours for 14 days. A good clinical response was obtained as measured by handgrip strength, range of motion, and quantitative thermography. Chemical vagotomy supports the hypothesis of the vagal reflex as the pathophysiological mechanism in pulmonary hypertrophic osteoarthropathy.

Keywords

ATROPINE SULFATE
HYPERTROPHIC
PULMONARY
OSTEOARTHROPATHY
PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL
GOOD
OLD
VAGOTOMY

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