paraplegia/hypoxia

Two patients developed paraplegia associated with the use of the intraaortic balloon pump. In one patient, transient spinal ischemic episodes ceased after removal of the intraaortic balloon and the second patient apparently sustained spinal cord infarction. Possible etiologic mechanisms include

BACKGROUND The robotic-assisted gait training (RAGT) system has gained recognition as an innovative, effective paradigm to improve functional ambulation and activities of daily living in spinal cord injury and stroke. However, the effects of the Walkbot robotic-assisted gait training system with a

Thirty patients with neonatal acquired paraplegia without an identified cause were reviewed. The mean gestational age was 33 weeks (range, 25-40 weeks); the mean Apgar scores were 6 and 8 (range, 0-10); the mean weight at birth was 1.739 kg (range, 0.750-4.200 kg). Half of the infants needed

BACKGROUND The existing literature is limited and inconclusive regarding management of spinal tuberculosis with neurological deficit during advanced pregnancy. None of the previously published case series concerning this problem during the second trimester of pregnancy have explored the option of

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of L-arginine (L-Arg) on neurological function, histopathology, and expression of hypoxia-inducible factor-1 alpha (HIF-1alpha) following spinal cord ischemia in rats, and the interaction between therapy with the nitric oxide donor L-Arg and

Autosomal-dominant hereditary spastic paraplegia (AD-HSP) is a crippling neurodegenerative disease for which effective treatment or cure remains unknown. Victims experience progressive mobility loss due to degeneration of the longest axons in the spinal cord. Over half of AD-HSP cases arise from

Loss of mobility, such as what occurs as a consequence of spinal cord injury or malformation, is a risk factor for excess weight gain and can confound weight management efforts. Despite well-documented outcomes of bariatric surgery in ambulatory patients, little information is available regarding

We present a case of a 48 year old female, with a medical history significant for paraplegia due to a cervical cord injury and a history of transitional cell carcinoma, which necessitated a urinary bladder ileal reconstruction. The patient was hospitalized due to an acute confusional state, severe

METHODS Case report. METHODS Prince of Wales Spinal Cord Injuries Unit, Sydney, Australia. METHODS Interrogation of our unit database identified only two women who became spinal cord injured while pregnant; their medical records were reviewed and an unstructured follow-up telephone interview

We managed 51 patients with thoracic aortic injuries caused by blunt trauma between 1977 and 1990. Forty-nine injuries were located in the upper descending aorta and one each in the ascending aorta and aortic arch. Three patients arrived moribund and underwent thoracotomy for resuscitation, and all

Five hundred and forty four cases of cerebral palsy were studied to find the etiology. Male to female ratio was 1.9:1. Prenatal, natal and postnatal factors were found in 42 (7.72%), 238 (43.75%) and 142 (26.1%) cases respectively. Only 79 (14.52%) cases were found to have more than one factor which

We have described a patient in whom loss of ventilation and perfusion of an entire lung resulted from mucous impaction of a major bronchus. Mucous plugging was associated with the combination of asthma and decreased cough effectiveness due to paraplegia. Removal of the obstruction by bronchial

Pressure ulcers are notoriously common in spinal-cord-injured patients, in patients with other neurological deficits, in malnourished and severely debilitated patients, and in the frail elderly. Prolonged localized external pressure, coupled with insensitivity to ischemia resulting from neurologic

Fifty-nine patients who had traumatic aortic rupture in the area of the isthmus and were treated less than one week after injury were studied. Most patients (N = 47) underwent repair using pump-oxygenator partial bypass; 7 had simple cross-clamping. Paraplegia developed in 4 during operation. One

Paraplegia secondary to spinal cord ischemia is a too frequent devastating complication of thoracic aneurysm surgery. We examined the ability of veno-arterial bypass (VAB) to ensure adequate spinal cord blood flow during aortic cross-clamping by monitoring spinal cord function via somatosensory