Running head: SPINAL CORD INJURY Spinal Cord Injury Shannon G. Johnston‚ RN‚ CEN Liberty University Abstract There are many types of spinal cord injuries (SCI). Patients with SCI can symptoms that range from mild neurologic impairment (such as numbness and tingling of extremities or neck pain) to devastating total body paralysis depending on the extent of damage and where in the spinal cord the damage occurs. Management of airway‚ breathing and circulation are key with SCI patients‚ as
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“What are the assessment findings associated with injuries of the spinal cord at the thoracic level?” The signs and symptoms associated with a thoracic spinal cord injury may range from respiratory‚ cardiovascular‚ gastrointestinal‚ and urinary complications. If the thoracic vertebrae experience any trauma‚ during assessment the patient may exhibit a loss of physical sensation‚ paraplegia or weakness in the legs‚ bradycardia‚ hypotension‚ or orthostatic hypotension. The patient may also experience
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Spinal Cord Injury and the effect of Morphine Marisa Mucka May 5‚ 2014 Intrathecal Morphine Attenuates Recovery of Function after a Spinal Cord Injury A human body endures a lot of injuries such as broken bones‚ cuts‚ heart attacks but one serious injury is “spinal cord injury” which can be a obstacle to medicine. With such injury‚ as a spinal cord‚ the recovery itself can be very painful to handle so most patients are administered pain killers to minimize
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The results cited above plainly reveal that there is some debate about the efficacy of spinal manipulation as a short term and long term curative for chronic low back pain. Many of the studies employed accepted inventories and scales‚ but they also tend to be small. This might explain why no overarching consensus has yet arrived. Spinal manipulative therapy has some critics who are unconvinced that it surpasses other conventional treatment intervention. For example‚ Laura Palomo et al (2012) compared
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The anatomy of the spinal cord is very unique. Externally‚ it is initially surrounded by the vertebral column. The vertebral column is divided into the cervical‚ thoracic‚ lumbar‚ sacral‚ and coccygeal regions. These different vertebrae protect the spinal cord from damage and form a type of shell around it. The spinal cord appears as a long‚ thin cord of nerves. The peripheral nerves that extend out to many parts of the body arise from the spinal cords thirty-one segmental pairs of nerves. The cervical
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Structure: The spinal cord is a white‚ soft and cord (rope) like material running through the backbone. The internal structure of the spinal cord is much simpler and more uniform throughout its many parts than that of the brain. No matter where it is sectioned‚ it gives the same general appearance. The interior of the spinal cord looks grey because it is filled with neurons without having myelin sheath in their axons. There are thirty-one pairs of peripheral spinal nerves connected to the spinal cord. The
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Cyril MIller Per.6 Spinal Muscular Atrophy Spinal muscular atrophy is a group of inherited diseases that cause muscle damage and weakness‚ which get worse over time and eventually lead to death. Causes: Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a collection of different muscle diseases. Grouped together‚ it is the second leading cause of hereditary neuromuscular disease‚ after Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Most of the time‚ a person must get the defective gene from both parents to be affected. About 4
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Degenerative disc disease or DDD‚ is in fact the degeneration of the Intervertebral disc‚ which refers to the fibrocartilage that lies between adjacent Vertebrae* in the spine and clusters of chondrocytes**‚ both being suggestive to repair. The main Cause of the development of Degenerative disc disease is aging: As the body ages‚ the discs in the spine dehydrate or dry out‚ and lose their ability to act as shock absorbers between the vertebral bodies. The bones and ligaments that make up the
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ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS Linear Algebra: Matrix algebra‚ Systems of linear equations‚ Eigen values and eigen vectors. Calculus: Functions of single variable‚ Limit‚ continuity and differentiability‚ Mean value theorems‚ Evaluation of definite and improper integrals‚ Partial derivatives‚ Total derivative‚ Maxima and minima‚ Gradient‚ Divergence and Curl‚ Vector identities‚ Directional derivatives‚ Line‚ Surface and Volume integrals‚ Stokes‚ Gauss and Green’s theorems. Differential equations: First
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empirically treated for spinal gout and review of relevant literature. that presented with lower extremity weakness Results: A 77 year old male presented with new onset paraparesis that developed over 3 days. CT and MRI imaging was suggestive of spinal gout but patient refused a spinal biopsy. He was empirically treated with high dose steroids and his lower extremity weakness started improving in 3 days. Conclusion: Although gout is common‚ spinal gout is extremely rare. ….. Keywords: Spinal gout‚ paraparesis
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