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Language | English |
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Pages | 143-153 |
Journal | Intensive and Critical Care Nursing |
Volume | 19 |
Issue number | 3 |
Publication status | Published - 2003 |
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Respiratory Care in Spinal Cord Injury with Associated Traumatic Brain Injury: Bridging the Gap in Critical Care Nursing Interventions. / Cook, Neal.
In: Intensive and Critical Care Nursing, Vol. 19, No. 3, 2003, p. 143-153.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Respiratory Care in Spinal Cord Injury with Associated Traumatic Brain Injury: Bridging the Gap in Critical Care Nursing Interventions
AU - Cook, Neal
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a devastating and challenging condition. The events that lead to SCI, such as road traffic accidents, falls, sports and violence [Top. Spinal Cord Inj. Rehabil. 5 (1999) 83], are also the common aetiologies of traumatic brain injury (TBI). It's not surprising then, that 20-50% of those with cervical SCI have TBI [J. Trauma 46 (1999) 450]. The literature pertaining to the management of either injury in isolation is vast, but lacking where the two conditions are experienced together and require distinct adaptations to interventions. Consequently, a gap in the literature exists. This paper focuses on those patients with SCI of the cervical spine with associated head injury, and pay particular attention to respiratory difficulties, and presents interventions required to minimise and treat the effects of such pulmonary compromise.
AB - Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a devastating and challenging condition. The events that lead to SCI, such as road traffic accidents, falls, sports and violence [Top. Spinal Cord Inj. Rehabil. 5 (1999) 83], are also the common aetiologies of traumatic brain injury (TBI). It's not surprising then, that 20-50% of those with cervical SCI have TBI [J. Trauma 46 (1999) 450]. The literature pertaining to the management of either injury in isolation is vast, but lacking where the two conditions are experienced together and require distinct adaptations to interventions. Consequently, a gap in the literature exists. This paper focuses on those patients with SCI of the cervical spine with associated head injury, and pay particular attention to respiratory difficulties, and presents interventions required to minimise and treat the effects of such pulmonary compromise.
M3 - Article
VL - 19
SP - 143
EP - 153
JO - Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
T2 - Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
JF - Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
SN - 0964-3397
IS - 3
ER -