TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Spinal Cord Injury A1 - Sabolick, Erin E. A1 - Menaker, Jay A. A2 - Farcy, David A. A2 - Chiu, William C. A2 - Marshall, John P. A2 - Osborn, Tiffany M. Y1 - 2016 N1 - T2 - Critical Care Emergency Medicine, 2e AB - Traumatic spinal cord injury (TSI) represents pathologies that result from a diverse spectrum of primary insults to the central nervous system (CNS). The incidence of TSI is about 12,000 cases annually in the United States and often affects young, otherwise healthy individuals.1,2 In addition to the long-term physical disabilities and the psychosocial impairments seen in neurotrauma survivors, the economic burden of TSI is significant. The United States currently spends $5.6 billion annually on the treatment of spinal cord injuries. It is estimated that the lifetime total cost directly attributable to spinal cord injury in a 25-year-old patient may exceed $3 million.1 SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/19 UR - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1135702313 ER -