Spinal cord injuries associated with cardiopulmonary complications

Twenty-two of 83 consecutive patients with traumatic quadraplegia admitted to a regional spinal injury center had significant bradycardia. These bradycardic patients accounted for 66% of the cervical spinal cord injured patients' mortality. In general, bradycardia in patients with cervical spin...

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Published in:Spine (Philadelphia, PA. 1976) PA. 1976), 1986-10, Vol.11 (8), p.809-812
Main Authors: WINSLOW, E. B. J, LESCH, M, TALANO, J. V, MEYER, P. R. JR
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Bradycardia - drug therapy
Bradycardia - etiology
Bradycardia - therapy
Female
Humans
Injuries of the nervous system and the skull. Diseases due to physical agents
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Pacemaker, Artificial
Parasympatholytics - therapeutic use
Quadriplegia - complications
Spinal Cord Injuries - complications
Traumas. Diseases due to physical agents
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Summary:Twenty-two of 83 consecutive patients with traumatic quadraplegia admitted to a regional spinal injury center had significant bradycardia. These bradycardic patients accounted for 66% of the cervical spinal cord injured patients' mortality. In general, bradycardia in patients with cervical spinal cord injuries appears to be due to unopposed vagal tone. This bradycardia is self-limited within 3-5 weeks after the onset of paraplegia and does not require permanent pacemaker therapy.
ISSN:0362-2436
1528-1159
DOI:10.1097/00007632-198610000-00014