Road bike accidents involving cervical fractures presenting as cardiac arrest: a report of two cases
Abstract We present two cases in which elderly male recreational cyclists suffered from cervical fractures and coinciding injuries of the spinal cord that subsequently led to cardiac arrest. Based on reports from eye witnesses and due to the low impact nature of the crashes, the two patients were in...
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| author | Anne Marie Kabell Nissen Louise Gramstrup Nielsen Søren Mikkelsen Anne Craveiro Brøchner |
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| description | Abstract We present two cases in which elderly male recreational cyclists suffered from cervical fractures and coinciding injuries of the spinal cord that subsequently led to cardiac arrest. Based on reports from eye witnesses and due to the low impact nature of the crashes, the two patients were initially considered as having cardiac arrest before falling of their bikes. The spinal cord injuries triggering cardiac arrest were acknowledged with delay, as the primary eliciting cause was considered cardiac disease in conjunction with all-out exercise. We suggest that increased focus should be made on possible cervical injuries even following low energy crashes in road cycling. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-96b2e58d89244425a8170c0013c37ff42022-12-21T19:18:42ZengBMCScandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine1757-72412019-07-012711310.1186/s13049-019-0641-3Road bike accidents involving cervical fractures presenting as cardiac arrest: a report of two casesAnne Marie Kabell Nissen0Louise Gramstrup Nielsen1Søren Mikkelsen2Anne Craveiro Brøchner3Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Odense University HospitalDepartment of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Odense University HospitalDepartment of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Odense University HospitalDepartment of Regional Health Research, University of Southern DenmarkAbstract We present two cases in which elderly male recreational cyclists suffered from cervical fractures and coinciding injuries of the spinal cord that subsequently led to cardiac arrest. Based on reports from eye witnesses and due to the low impact nature of the crashes, the two patients were initially considered as having cardiac arrest before falling of their bikes. The spinal cord injuries triggering cardiac arrest were acknowledged with delay, as the primary eliciting cause was considered cardiac disease in conjunction with all-out exercise. We suggest that increased focus should be made on possible cervical injuries even following low energy crashes in road cycling.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13049-019-0641-3Cervical spine fractureCardiac arrest |
| spellingShingle | Anne Marie Kabell Nissen Louise Gramstrup Nielsen Søren Mikkelsen Anne Craveiro Brøchner Road bike accidents involving cervical fractures presenting as cardiac arrest: a report of two cases Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine Cervical spine fracture Cardiac arrest |
| title | Road bike accidents involving cervical fractures presenting as cardiac arrest: a report of two cases |
| title_full | Road bike accidents involving cervical fractures presenting as cardiac arrest: a report of two cases |
| title_fullStr | Road bike accidents involving cervical fractures presenting as cardiac arrest: a report of two cases |
| title_full_unstemmed | Road bike accidents involving cervical fractures presenting as cardiac arrest: a report of two cases |
| title_short | Road bike accidents involving cervical fractures presenting as cardiac arrest: a report of two cases |
| title_sort | road bike accidents involving cervical fractures presenting as cardiac arrest a report of two cases |
| topic | Cervical spine fracture Cardiac arrest |
| url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13049-019-0641-3 |
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