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Erschienen in: Neurocritical Care 1/2012

01.09.2012 | Review Article

Emergency Neurological Life Support: Spinal Cord Compression (SCC)

verfasst von: Kristine H. O’Phelan, E. Bradshaw Bunney, Scott D. Weingart, Wade S. Smith

Erschienen in: Neurocritical Care | Sonderheft 1/2012

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Abstract

Acute spinal cord compression (SCC) is the most serious of the diseases of the cord and should be accorded special attention in neurocritical care. Patients with SCC have a combination of motor and sensory dysfunction that has a distribution referable to one, or a few contiguous, spinal levels. Bowel and bladder dysfunction and neck or back pain are usually part of the clinical presentation but are not uniformly present. Because interventions are time-sensitive, the recognition and treatment of SCC was chosen as an ENLS protocol.
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Metadaten
Titel
Emergency Neurological Life Support: Spinal Cord Compression (SCC)
verfasst von
Kristine H. O’Phelan
E. Bradshaw Bunney
Scott D. Weingart
Wade S. Smith
Publikationsdatum
01.09.2012
Verlag
Humana Press Inc
Erschienen in
Neurocritical Care / Ausgabe Sonderheft 1/2012
Print ISSN: 1541-6933
Elektronische ISSN: 1556-0961
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12028-012-9756-3

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