RT Book, Section
A1 Sabolick, Erin E.
A1 Menaker, Jay A.
A2 Farcy, David A.
A2 Chiu, William C.
A2 Marshall, John P.
A2 Osborn, Tiffany M.
SR Print(0)
ID 1135702313
T1 Spinal Cord Injury
T2 Critical Care Emergency Medicine, 2e
YR 2016
FD 2016
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071838764
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1135702313
RD 2024/04/19
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