Incidence and outcomes of pediatric patients with dual diagnosis of traumatic spinal cord injury and brain injury on an inpatient rehabilitation unit.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) and spinal cord injury (SCI) are diagnoses commonly encountered on the pediatric rehabilitation unit. However, there is limited evidence in the literature addressing the incidence of or rehabilitation outcomes in pediatric patients with a dual diagnosis of TBI and SCI.

Objective

To determine incidence and functional outcomes of the dual diagnosis population.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

Inpatient rehabilitation unit within an academic pediatric hospital.

Patients

Pediatric patients admitted to a single inpatient rehabilitation unit with a diagnosis of traumatic SCI between 2006 and 2019. Fifty-four patient records were identified and 26 met inclusion criteria.

Interventions

Not applicable.

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SUBMITTER: Chicoine C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11626494 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature