The spinal cord-injured patient in the medical ward

People with spinal cord injury (SCI) suffer from the complications of paralysis in addition to the diseases of the general population. Spinal injury centres in the UK are tasked primarily with looking after newly injured patients and patients with established SCI must often turn to their local hospi...

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Published in:Clinical medicine (London, England) England), 2013-12, Vol.13 (6), p.549-552
Main Author: McLean, Alan N
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Cerebrospinal fluid. Meninges. Spinal cord
General aspects
Hospitals - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Incidence
Inpatients
Medical sciences
medical ward
Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes)
Nervous system as a whole
Neurology
paraplegia
Spinal Cord Injuries - epidemiology
Spinal Cord Injuries - prevention & control
Spinal cord injury (SCI)
tetraplegia
United Kingdom - epidemiology
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Summary:People with spinal cord injury (SCI) suffer from the complications of paralysis in addition to the diseases of the general population. Spinal injury centres in the UK are tasked primarily with looking after newly injured patients and patients with established SCI must often turn to their local hospitals and general physicians for inpatient medical care. This paper outlines investigation and management of some of the common conditions which the physician on the general ward might expect to come across in patients with SCI and also how best to maintain the general health of the SCI patient in hospital.
ISSN:1470-2118
1473-4893
DOI:10.7861/clinmedicine.13-6-549