Browse the latest research summaries in the field of pulmonology for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
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Experimental Physiology, 2023 • March 1, 2023
This study examined the effect of 12 weeks of Functional Electrical Stimulation Rowing Training (FESRT) on systemic inflammation and pulmonary function in individuals with sub-acute Spinal Cord Injury...
KEY FINDING: Twelve weeks of FES rowing exercise improves pulmonary function in persons with sub-acute SCI.
Spinal Cord, 2020 • April 1, 2020
This study assessed associations between vitamin D levels and other risk factors on future chest illness in a chronic spinal cord injury (SCI) cohort. The study found a suggestive association between ...
KEY FINDING: Deficient vitamin D levels were suggestively associated with future chest illness, though with wide confidence limits.
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2020 • May 5, 2020
This study explores the relationship between sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) and the effectiveness of acute intermittent hypoxia (AIH) therapy in individuals with chronic incomplete spinal cord injur...
KEY FINDING: Mild to moderate sleep apnea (5 , apnea–hypopnea index ,30/h) occurred in 50% of study participants.
Spinal Cord, 2020 • June 24, 2020
This retrospective study of 174 patients with C5-T5 spinal cord injuries found a high prevalence of respiratory complications during initial hospitalization. The strongest predictors of respiratory co...
KEY FINDING: Respiratory complications are common in patients with traumatic spinal cord injuries between C5 and T5.
Top Spinal Cord Inj Rehabil, 2020 • April 1, 2020
Respiratory complications are a major cause of death and rehospitalization following SCI, with pneumonia being particularly dangerous. Vigilant prevention, early detection, and aggressive treatment ar...
KEY FINDING: Respiratory diseases, especially pneumonia, are a leading cause of death after SCI and a frequent reason for rehospitalization.
Spinal Cord, 2021 • September 22, 2020
This retrospective study aimed to determine the prevalence of respiratory complications in individuals with SCI during initial rehabilitation and their effect on mortality. The study found that a sign...
KEY FINDING: Individuals with respiratory complications during initial rehabilitation had shortened survival compared to those without.
Spinal Cord Series and Cases, 2020 • September 23, 2020
The study aimed to determine if a warm-up could elicit a phasic ventilatory response during treadmill walking in individuals with iSCI and to describe changes in ventilatory kinetics, variability, and...
KEY FINDING: A warm-up bout of exercise can elicit a phasic ventilatory response to constant work rate exercise in individuals with incomplete spinal cord injury.
BMJ Open, 2020 • October 5, 2020
The RESCOM study is a prospective, international, multicentre cohort study designed to identify modifiable predictors of pneumonia in individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) during inpatient rehabil...
KEY FINDING: The study aims to evaluate the ability of parameters of respiratory function to predict and understand variation in inpatient risk of pneumonia in SCI.
ERJ Open Res, 2020 • January 1, 2020
This study investigated the prevalence and characteristics of home invasive mechanical ventilation (HIMV) in Finland from 2015 to 2019, finding a decrease in prevalence during the study period. The mo...
KEY FINDING: The prevalence of HIMV in Finland decreased from 2.4 in 100,000 in 2015 to 2.0 in 100,000 in 2019.
JACEP Open, 2020 • September 24, 2020
Individuals with SCI/D are at much higher risk of complications of respiratory infections including the more rapid onset of respiratory failure and death due to respiratory muscle paralysis, other chr...
KEY FINDING: Persons with SCI/D have greater mortality from pneumonia and influenza compared to the general population with the standardized mortality ratio for pneumonia and influenza for all types of SCI/D calculated approximately 40.2,3