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We're back! Have you ever had a patient who suffered a seemingly minor injury and was complaining about weakness in their hands and odd sensations in their legs? This week we're discussing the most common spinal cord injury: Central Cord Syndrome. We'll also touch briefly on neurogenic and spinal shock.
During this episode I mention a technique for placing a C-collar that was a "game changer" in my practice and promised to include a link to the video in the show notes. When you're done listening, go ahead and check out the video below. The "sweeping motion" made a huge difference in helping the collar sit better on the patient's neck and has reduced the number of patients that seemingly "can't tolerate" the procedure. I hope you find it helpful!
C-collar video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydljBEN2RU8
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References:
Ameer, M. A., Tessler, J., Munakomi, S., et al. (2023). Central cord syndrome. In StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing. Available from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK441932/
Brooks, N. P. (2017). Central cord syndrome. Neurosurgery Clinics, 28(1), 41-47.
EMCrit (2023, February 12). Traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI). EMCrit Project. https://emcrit.org/ibcc/sci/
Fehlings, M. G., Tetreault, L. A., Wilson, J. R., Aarabi, B., Anderson, P., Arnold, P. M., ... & Harrop, J. S. (2017). A clinical practice guideline for the management of patients with acute spinal cord injury and central cord syndrome: Recommendations on the timing (≤ 24 hours versus > 24 hours) of decompressive surgery. Global Spine Journal, 7(3_suppl), 195S-202S.
Harrop, J. S., Sharan, A., & Ratliff, J. (2006). Central cord injury: Pathophysiology, management, and outcomes. The Spine Journal, 6(6), S198-S206.
Skrabal, R. (2019, October 28) Central cord syndrome. https://coreem.net/core/central-cord-syndrome.
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