The acute phase management of spinal cord injury affecting polytrauma patients: the ASAP study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Few data on the management of acute phase of traumatic spinal cord injury (tSCI) in patients suffering polytrauma are available. As the therapeutic choices in the first hours may have a deep impact on outcome of tSCI patients, we conducted an international survey investigating this topic.

Methods

The survey was composed of 29 items. The main endpoints of the survey were to examine: (1) the hemodynamic and respiratory management, (2) the coagulation management, (3) the timing of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and spinal surgery, (4) the use of corticosteroid therapy, (5) the role of intraspinal pressure (ISP)/spinal cord perfusion pressure (SCPP) monitoring and (6) the utilization of therapeutic hypothermia.

Results

There were 171 respondents from 139 cent

SUBMITTER: Picetti E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9036814 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature