Focused Review Course: Spinal Cord Injury-Case Scenarios and Questions, part 2

Case Scenarios and Questions, part 2

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Video Summary

The video content summarizes a few additional cases related to spinal cord injuries. The first case involves a 45-year-old man with a loss of grip strength and numbness in his little fingers. The recommended next step is obtaining an MRI of the upper thoracic and lower cervical spinal cord to check for syringomyelia. In the second case, a 30-year-old pregnant woman with tetraplegia is advised that a vaginal delivery is possible but an epidural is necessary to prevent dysreflexia. Lastly, a 43-year-old woman with tetraplegia presents with increased spasticity, lower abdominal pain, urinary incontinence, and headache. The diagnosis is all of the above, indicating a potential urinary tract infection, bladder stone, and autonomic dysreflexia.

Keywords

spinal cord injuries

syringomyelia

tetraplegia

dysreflexia

urinary tract infection