Spinal Trauma
A 28-year-old man is brought to the emergency department after a diving accident. He is hypotensive (BP 80/50) with a heart rate of 55 bpm. He has no motor function below C5 and absent sensation below the clavicles. He has an absent bulbocavernosus reflex. Regarding acute spinal cord injury:
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Neurogenic shock results from loss of sympathetic tone below the injury level causing hypotension an...
The ASIA (American Spinal Injury Association) Impairment Scale grades injury: A (complete - no motor...
High-dose methylprednisolone (NASCIS protocol) is currently recommended as standard of care for all ...
Incomplete spinal cord injury syndromes include: central cord syndrome (upper extremity weaker than ...
Management priorities include immobilization, maintaining mean arterial pressure greater than 85mmHg...
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