Spine Trauma
A 25-year-old man is brought to the trauma bay after a diving accident. He has no motor function below the level of the clavicles and no sensation below C5. He is hypotensive with heart rate 55 bpm and warm extremities. He is placed in cervical spine immobilization. CT shows a burst fracture of C5 with canal compromise. Regarding acute spinal cord injury:
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The ASIA (American Spinal Injury Association) Impairment Scale classifies injury severity: A (comple...
Neurogenic shock results from loss of sympathetic tone causing hypotension with bradycardia and vaso...
ASIA A injuries have the best prognosis for neurological recovery; neurogenic shock presents with ta...
Incomplete spinal cord syndromes include: Central cord (most common, upper more than lower extremity...
Sacral sparing (perianal sensation, voluntary anal contraction, toe flexion) indicates incomplete in...
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