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Spinal cord injury

BMJ, 2010
Lifelong physiotherapy and pain control after accidental tetraplegia are augmented by various aids to mobility and an assistance dog, so that quality of life remains 90 ...
Stephen Hillier, Peter H. Sönksen
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Spinal cord injury

Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine, 2020
Abstract In the UK, the annual incidence of acute spinal cord injury (SCI) is 19 new cases per million population, contributing to an estimated 50,000 people who are currently living with SCI. Trauma is the most common cause of SCI, predominantly from falls and road traffic accidents.
Mark Stewart, Mark Patek
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Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury

DeckerMed Critical Care of the Surgical Patient, 2018
Traumatic spinal cord injury currently affects approximately 285,000 persons in the United States and carries with it significant morbidity and cost. Early management focuses on adequate ventilation and hemodynamic resuscitation of the patient and limiting motion of the spine to prevent a second injury.
Lara Zimmermann   +4 more
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Surgical techniques of anterior decompression and fusion for spinal cord injuries.

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, 1981
Many patients who have static or only slowly improving neurologic deficits and significant compression of the spinal cord and nerve roots can benefit from anterior decompression.
H. Bohlman, F. Eismont
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Spinal Cord Injuries

Surgical Clinics of North America, 1982
Some spinal cord injuries occur after the patient arrives under medical care; if proper measures are taken, these should be preventable. Many cord injuries are incomplete and with proper treatment have a remarkable capacity for recovery. Centralized rehabilitation programs for patients with spinal injury can guide the victim to the highest functional ...
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Spinal cord injury

Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine, 2008
Abstract With an annual incidence of 13 per million, around 40,000 people in the UK live with spinal cord injury (SCI). The extent of morbidity and mortality and thus quality of life, is highly dependent on meticulous management from the first point of contact with medical services. Treatment is focussed on reducing the risk of further cord injury and
Hina Pattani   +3 more
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Effects of bladder distension on autonomic mechanisms after spinal cord injuries.

Brain : a journal of neurology, 1947
Although reflex autonomic responses following spinal cord lesions in man have been much studied, the conclusion that these arise solely from activity of the spinal cord below the lesion seems an inadequate explanation for the generalized sweating and ...
L. Guttmann, D. Whitteridge
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SPINAL CORD INJURY

Urologic Clinics of North America, 1993
Advancements in the management of urologic complications such as the neurogenic bladder have been essential to improving the quality of life and longevity of patients with spinal cord injury. These advances are discussed in greater detail in the subsequent articles in this issue.
Robert R. Young   +2 more
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Cause of death for patients with spinal cord injuries.

Archives of Internal Medicine, 1989
An epidemiologic study of 5131 patients sustaining spinal cord injuries between 1973 and 1980 was conducted to determine and characterize the leading causes of death in this population.
M. Devivo   +4 more
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Sleeping with spinal cord injury

Sleep Medicine, 2014
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PIZZA, FABIO, PLAZZI, GIUSEPPE
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