TY - JOUR
T1 - Critical care of traumatic spinal cord injury
AU - Jia, Xiaofeng
AU - Kowalski, Robert G.
AU - Sciubba, Daniel M.
AU - Geocadin, Romergryko G.
N1 - Funding Information:
X Jia was partially supported by grants RO1 HL071568 from the National Institute of Health and 09SDG2110140 from the American Heart Association. RG Geocadin was partially supported by NIH Grants R01 HL 071568.
PY - 2013/1
Y1 - 2013/1
N2 - Approximately 11 000 people suffer traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI) in the United States, each year. TSCI incidences vary from 13.1 to 52.2 per million people and the mortality rates ranged from 3.1 to 17.5 per million people. This review examines the critical care of TSCI. The discussion will focus on primary and secondary mechanisms of injury, spine stabilization and immobilization, surgery, intensive care management, airway and respiratory management, cardiovascular complication management, venous thromboembolism, nutrition and glucose control, infection management, pressure ulcers and early rehabilitation, pharmacologic cord protection, and evolving treatment options including the use of pluripotent stem cells and hypothermia.
AB - Approximately 11 000 people suffer traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI) in the United States, each year. TSCI incidences vary from 13.1 to 52.2 per million people and the mortality rates ranged from 3.1 to 17.5 per million people. This review examines the critical care of TSCI. The discussion will focus on primary and secondary mechanisms of injury, spine stabilization and immobilization, surgery, intensive care management, airway and respiratory management, cardiovascular complication management, venous thromboembolism, nutrition and glucose control, infection management, pressure ulcers and early rehabilitation, pharmacologic cord protection, and evolving treatment options including the use of pluripotent stem cells and hypothermia.
KW - Critical care
KW - SCI
KW - Spinal cord injury
KW - Treatment
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U2 - 10.1177/0885066611403270
DO - 10.1177/0885066611403270
M3 - Review article
C2 - 21482574
AN - SCOPUS:84875904724
SN - 0885-0666
VL - 28
SP - 12
EP - 23
JO - Journal of Intensive Care Medicine
JF - Journal of Intensive Care Medicine
IS - 1
ER -