Anaesthetic and Intensive Care Management of Traumatic Cervical Spine Injury
Trauma to the cervical spine may have devastating consequences. Timely interventions are essential to prevent avoidable neurological deterioration. In the initial stabilization of patients with acute cervical spine injuries, physiological disturbances, especially those involving cardiac and respirat...
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2008-01-01
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| description | Trauma to the cervical spine may have devastating consequences. Timely interventions are essential to prevent avoidable neurological deterioration. In the initial stabilization of patients with acute cervical spine injuries, physiological disturbances, especially those involving cardiac and respiratory function require careful attention. Early surgery, which facilitates rapid mobi-lization of the patient, is fraught with important management considerations in the intraopoerative period and the subsequent critical care. Airway management poses a crucial challenge at this stage. Those patients who survive the injury with quadriplegia or quadriparesis may present themselves for incidental surgical procedures. Chronic systemic manifestations in these patients require attention in providing anaesthesia and postoperative care at this stage. The current review provides an insight into the physiological disturbances and the management issues in both acute and chronic phases of traumatic cervical spine injury. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-566110b88fba4134ac7e7e9ba9a05b0f2022-12-22T02:32:41ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Anaesthesia0019-50492008-01-015211313Anaesthetic and Intensive Care Management of Traumatic Cervical Spine InjuryG S Umamaheswara RaoTrauma to the cervical spine may have devastating consequences. Timely interventions are essential to prevent avoidable neurological deterioration. In the initial stabilization of patients with acute cervical spine injuries, physiological disturbances, especially those involving cardiac and respiratory function require careful attention. Early surgery, which facilitates rapid mobi-lization of the patient, is fraught with important management considerations in the intraopoerative period and the subsequent critical care. Airway management poses a crucial challenge at this stage. Those patients who survive the injury with quadriplegia or quadriparesis may present themselves for incidental surgical procedures. Chronic systemic manifestations in these patients require attention in providing anaesthesia and postoperative care at this stage. The current review provides an insight into the physiological disturbances and the management issues in both acute and chronic phases of traumatic cervical spine injury.http://www.ijaweb.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5049;year=2008;volume=52;issue=1;spage=13;epage=13;aulast=UmamaheswaraQuadriplegiaTraumaCervical spineAnaesthesiaIntensive care |
| spellingShingle | G S Umamaheswara Rao Anaesthetic and Intensive Care Management of Traumatic Cervical Spine Injury Indian Journal of Anaesthesia Quadriplegia Trauma Cervical spine Anaesthesia Intensive care |
| title | Anaesthetic and Intensive Care Management of Traumatic Cervical Spine Injury |
| title_full | Anaesthetic and Intensive Care Management of Traumatic Cervical Spine Injury |
| title_fullStr | Anaesthetic and Intensive Care Management of Traumatic Cervical Spine Injury |
| title_full_unstemmed | Anaesthetic and Intensive Care Management of Traumatic Cervical Spine Injury |
| title_short | Anaesthetic and Intensive Care Management of Traumatic Cervical Spine Injury |
| title_sort | anaesthetic and intensive care management of traumatic cervical spine injury |
| topic | Quadriplegia Trauma Cervical spine Anaesthesia Intensive care |
| url | http://www.ijaweb.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5049;year=2008;volume=52;issue=1;spage=13;epage=13;aulast=Umamaheswara |
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