Browse the latest research summaries in the field of critical care for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
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J Neurosurg Spine, 2022 • August 1, 2022
This study identified risk factors for sepsis following vertebral fracture repair for traumatic spinal injury. Key risk factors include cervical spine injuries, spinal cord injuries, pre-existing como...
KEY FINDING: Cervical spine injuries and spinal cord injuries are significantly associated with an increased risk of developing sepsis after vertebral fracture repair.
Top Spinal Cord Inj Rehabil, 2022 • July 1, 2022
This retrospective study evaluated baseline characteristics, described pulmonary outcomes, and identified weaning predictors for people with acute traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) who are dependent ...
KEY FINDING: People who successfully weaned had fewer days from time of SCI to AIR admission.
Frontiers in Medicine, 2022 • May 11, 2022
The case report details the successful anesthetic management of a cesarean section in a 29-year-old woman with paraplegia due to a T6 spinal cord injury, using spinal anesthesia with low-concentration...
KEY FINDING: Spinal anesthesia with low-concentration ropivacaine and dexmedetomidine can be used to achieve stable hemodynamics during cesarean section in paraplegic patients.
Curr Treat Options Neurol, 2022 • June 10, 2022
This review provides guidance for acute spinal cord injury (SCI) management through an analytical assessment of the most recent evidence on therapies available for treating SCI, including newer therap...
KEY FINDING: Ultra-early surgical intervention (≤ 8 h post-SCI) may offer a potential functional outcome benefit.
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2021 • May 1, 2021
Current guidelines recommend artificially elevating MAP to >85 mmHg for 7 days after acute traumatic SCI, based on Level III evidence extrapolated from TBI literature. Significant gaps exist in knowle...
KEY FINDING: Norepinephrine (NE) may be the vasopressor of choice in acute traumatic SCI, potentially offering benefits over phenylephrine (PE) and dopamine (DA).
ERJ Open Res, 2020 • January 1, 2020
This study investigated the prevalence and characteristics of home invasive mechanical ventilation (HIMV) in Finland from 2015 to 2019, finding a decrease in prevalence during the study period. The mo...
KEY FINDING: The prevalence of HIMV in Finland decreased from 2.4 in 100,000 in 2015 to 2.0 in 100,000 in 2019.
Surgery, 2023 • January 1, 2023
This study evaluates the impact of early diaphragm pacing (DP) on weaning from mechanical ventilation (MV) and tracheostomy use in cervical spinal cord injury (SCI) patients during the COVID-19 pandem...
KEY FINDING: Diaphragm pacing successfully weaned 82% of patients surviving past 90 days from mechanical ventilation.
Spine Surg Relat Res, 2023 • June 9, 2023
This retrospective study analyzed 231 patients who underwent SCI surgery between 2017 and 2021 to determine the predictors of delirium after surgery. The study found that age, treatment during the COV...
KEY FINDING: Age ≥73 years, treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic, and psychiatric disorders were identified as independent risk factors for delirium after SCI surgery.
eLife, 2019 • December 3, 2019
This study establishes a murine model of sepsis with ICU-like interventions to investigate chronic muscle weakness in survivors. The research demonstrates that sepsis survivors have prolonged muscle w...
KEY FINDING: Sepsis survivors exhibit chronic muscle weakness for at least one month, even after muscle mass recovery.
Spinal Cord Series and Cases, 2022 • December 1, 2022
This study examines the differences in vital signs and mental status between septic patients with tetraplegia and paraplegia to improve early identification of sepsis in the tetraplegic population. Th...
KEY FINDING: Septic patients with tetraplegia had lower maximum temperature compared to septic patients with paraplegia.