Hospital-Acquired Pressure Ulcers and Long-Term Motor Score Recovery in Patients With Acute Cervical Spinal Cord Injury.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Pressure ulcers (PUs) are (1) prevalent secondary complications after spinal cord injury (SCI), (2) present with elevated systemic inflammatory tone, and (3) may interfere with healing processes underlying neurological recovery (disrepair).

Objective

To investigate whether PUs acquired during initial hospitalization are associated with neurological and functional long-term outcome and survival after SCI.

Design, setting, and participants

Multicenter cohort study at 20 centers of the prospective SCI Model Systems (SCIMS) Database (Birmingham, AL). Patients with acute traumatic cervical SCI with relevant motor impairment (ie, American Spinal Injury Association [ASIA] impairment scale [AIS] A, B, and C) were enrolled from January 1996 to September 2006 and fol

SUBMITTER: Kopp MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11624580 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature