Associations between diurnal timing of spinal cord injury and its etiology and co-morbidities.

ABSTRACT: Circadian rhythms play a role in time-of day differences in risk, presenting severity and outcomes of stroke. However, injury time of day effects on occurrence, presenting severity and acute hospital outcomes have not been yet reported in neurotrauma patients. Therefore, acute post-spinal cord injury hospitalization records of 759 patients from the prospective NACTN registry that contained information about the time of injury were analyzed. No major demographic differences were observed between groups with time of injury between 6:00-12:00, 12:00-18:00, 18:00-24:00 or 0:00-6:00. Two etiological factors including falls or sports/recreation-related accidents showed significant effects of time of injury with peaks in the 6:00-12:00 or 18:00-24:00 groups, respectively. History of diabetes or d

SUBMITTER: Ugiliweneza B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10460688 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature