Browse the latest research summaries in the field of critical care for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
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JOURNAL OF REHABILITATION MEDICINE, 2025 • January 3, 2025
This case report describes a young woman who developed severe bilateral heterotopic ossification (HO) on the anteromedial sides of her knees after an intensive care unit (ICU) stay following complicat...
KEY FINDING: Early surgical resection of heterotopic ossification (HO) in the knee, performed just 4 months after symptom onset, resulted in a good clinical and functional outcome for a young woman.
Critical Care, 2025 • January 22, 2025
As part of the PROMPT-SCI trial, 45 adult patients were recruited from a single Level-1 trauma center in Montreal, Canada, between April 2021 and August 2023. The intervention consisted of daily 30-mi...
KEY FINDING: This study supports the safety and feasibility of passive in-bed leg cycling in ICU patients with severe TSCI.
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2021 • January 1, 2021
This study investigated the association between high tidal volume ventilation (HVtV) and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in patients with acute cervical spinal cord injury (SCI). The study found...
KEY FINDING: HVtV was associated with a 1.96 relative risk of VAP development (95% credible interval 1.55–2.17) on Bayesian analysis.
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2022 • July 1, 2022
This scoping review synthesized existing literature on decannulation in SCI patients, identifying 26 eligible publications primarily from physical medicine, neurology, and pulmonary/critical care fiel...
KEY FINDING: Interdisciplinary tracheostomy teams (ITT) improve communication and operational processes, enhancing decannulation outcomes.
Global Spine Journal, 2022 • July 1, 2022
This retrospective study analyzed the outcomes of cervical SCI patients admitted to the ICU of a trauma center in Nepal between May 2017 and August 2018. The study found that fall injuries were the mo...
KEY FINDING: Fall injuries were the most common cause of cervical SCI, accounting for 83.3% of cases.
Ann. Intensive Care, 2021 • October 12, 2021
This systematic review and meta-analysis examined weaning outcomes in mechanically ventilated patients with SCI, finding that approximately 63% of patients in the ICU could be weaned from the ventilat...
KEY FINDING: In ICU, the mean duration of mechanical ventilation was 27 days, with a weaning success rate of 63% and a mortality rate of 8%.
J Neurosurg Spine, 2022 • August 1, 2022
This study identified risk factors for sepsis following vertebral fracture repair for traumatic spinal injury. Key risk factors include cervical spine injuries, spinal cord injuries, pre-existing como...
KEY FINDING: Cervical spine injuries and spinal cord injuries are significantly associated with an increased risk of developing sepsis after vertebral fracture repair.
Top Spinal Cord Inj Rehabil, 2022 • July 1, 2022
This retrospective study evaluated baseline characteristics, described pulmonary outcomes, and identified weaning predictors for people with acute traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) who are dependent ...
KEY FINDING: People who successfully weaned had fewer days from time of SCI to AIR admission.
Frontiers in Medicine, 2022 • May 11, 2022
The case report details the successful anesthetic management of a cesarean section in a 29-year-old woman with paraplegia due to a T6 spinal cord injury, using spinal anesthesia with low-concentration...
KEY FINDING: Spinal anesthesia with low-concentration ropivacaine and dexmedetomidine can be used to achieve stable hemodynamics during cesarean section in paraplegic patients.
Curr Treat Options Neurol, 2022 • June 10, 2022
This review provides guidance for acute spinal cord injury (SCI) management through an analytical assessment of the most recent evidence on therapies available for treating SCI, including newer therap...
KEY FINDING: Ultra-early surgical intervention (≤ 8 h post-SCI) may offer a potential functional outcome benefit.