Spinal cord
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Observational cohort comparison. ⋯ Implementation of the SAVES system for patients with TSCI captured more individuals experiencing AEs and more AEs per person compared with ICD-10 codes. This study demonstrates the utility of prospectively collecting AE data using validated tools.
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Retrospective Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) study. ⋯ Our analysis demonstrates that SCI patients are more at risk for ARDS/ALI, which carries a significantly higher risk of mortality.
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In addition to spinal fracture and/or dislocation, acute traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) includes neural tissue and vascular damage at the site of contusion. Vascular damage results in spinal cord ischemia, which is a key factor that contributes to secondary pathogenesis. There is a need to identify spinal cord ischemia secondary to anterior spinal artery (ASA) rupture in acute cervical SCI. ⋯ CTA provides the most detailed, highest resolution imaging of ASA in acute cervical SCI. ASA rupture is not commonly seen in acute blunt cervical SCI.