Article 6: Functional Recovery in the Geriatric Population Following Acute Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: Analysis of the Third National Acute Spinal Cord Injury Study Database

2008 ◽  
Vol 89 (10) ◽  
pp. e2
Author(s):  
Julio C. Furlan ◽  
Michael B. Bracken ◽  
Michael G. Fehlings
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Functional Recovery ◽  
Acute Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Geriatric Population ◽  
The Third ◽  
Cord Injury ◽  
Study Database ◽  
Injury Analysis

MIC-1/GDF15 Overexpression Is Associated with Increased Functional Recovery in Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (24) ◽  
pp. 3410-3421 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masoud Hassanpour Golakani ◽  
Mohammad G. Mohammad ◽  
Hui Li ◽  
Joanne Gamble ◽  
Samuel N. Breit ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Functional Recovery ◽  
Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Cord Injury

scholarly journals Side effects of steroid use in patients with traumatic spinal cord injury

2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Manuel Del Toro Aguayo
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Evolutionary Process ◽  
Acute Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Several Variables ◽  
Data Collection Sheet ◽  
Cord Injury ◽  
Hospital Acquired Pneumonia ◽  
Hospital Acquired

OBJECTIVE: Indicate and identify potential complications in our unit associated with the use of steroids in patients over 16 years of age with traumatic acute spinal cord injury managed with NASCIS II, III scheme compared with patients with the same characteristics who did not receive this management. METHODS: To conduct a research study with reports of cases and controls in patients over 16 years of age and with an established diagnosis of acute spinal cord injury, treated definitively in our unit, performing the comparison of evolutionary process between those treated with steroids and those who were not, based on the development of a data collection sheet with several variables.. The results were encoded, tabulated and analyzed. RESULTS: A total of 30 patients were analyzed from January to December 2012 and it was found that 16% of the patients managed with the steroid scheme required admission to the intensive care unit, 40% developed hospital-acquired pneumonia, 17% had urinary tract infection, 3% progressed to respiratory failure and 20% of this group had gastrointestinal bleeding. CONCLUSIONS: It was concluded that steroid management is not a risk-free therapy and the recommendation is to make a direct assessment of the potential benefit to its use in relation to the possible complications that can ensue before choosing this option in patients with traumatic spinal cord injury.

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