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The Impact of Methylprednisolone on Lesion Severity Following Spinal Cord Injury. (Spine 2007) "Conclusions. MRI suggests MPS therapy in the acute phase of spinal cord injury may decrease the extent of intramedullary spinal cord hemorrhage."
Effects of the Second National Acute Spinal Cord Injury Study of High-Dose Methylprednisolone Therapy on Acute Cervical Spinal Cord Injury-Results in Spinal Injuries Center. (Spine 2006) "Objective. To evaluate the recovery of motor function and the early complications in patients with acute cervical spinal cord injury after receiving a high dose of methylprednisolone sodium succinate (MPSS) within 8 hours of injury. … Conclusions. MPSS should be administered to patients with incomplete cervical spinal cord injury according to the Second National Acute Spinal Cord Injury Study protocol."
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Complications and outcomes after spinal cord tumor resection in the United States from 1993 to 2002 (Spinal Cord 2007)
Respiratory management during the first five days after spinal cord injury. (J Spinal Cord Med. 2007) "Respiratory complications are the most common cause of morbidity and mortality in acute spinal cord injury (SCI), with an incidence of 36% to 83%. Eighty percent of deaths in patients hospitalized with cervical SCI are secondary to pulmonary dysfunction, with pneumonia the cause in 50% of the cases. The number of respiratory complications during the acute hospital stay contributes significantly to the length of hospital stay and cost."
Update on the treatment of spinal cord injury. (Prog Brain Res. 2007)
Recognition and effective management of autonomic dysreflexia in spinal cord injuries. (Expert Opin Pharmacother. 2007)
Can the standard treatment of acute spinal cord injury be improved? Perhaps the time has come. (Neurol Res. 2007)
Spinal cord injury medicine. 2. Acute care management of traumatic and nontraumatic injury. (Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2007)
Spinal cord injury medicine. 5. Long-term medical issues and health maintenance. (Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2007) "The most common secondary medical complications include pressure ulcers, pneumonia, and genitourinary issues. Health care maintenance is important to prevent medical complications, for general health as well as for issues specific to SCI. Women with SCI have gender-specific issues regarding amenorrhea, sexuality, fertility, and menopause. Options exist to assist disabled men with sexuality and fertility complications. Pain is a common complication after SCI."
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Spine Injury Breakthroughs: Hope for Injured NFL Athlete "Everett was infused with cold saline, inducing hypothermia, within 15 minutes of his injury. The treatment is something physicians at the University of Miami have been using to treat spinal cord injuries and heart attacks for several years, according to Dr. Dietrich. By infusing patients with cold saline, doctors lower their core temperature. This slows down the body's responses to injury, which, in Everett's case, may have given doctors valuable time to decompress his spinal cord before more damage was done."
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