ArticleGlobal spine journal2024
Prognostic Factors for Respiratory Dysfunction for Cervical Spinal Cord Injury and/or Cervical Fractures in Elderly Patients: A Multicenter Survey.
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- Danshen (Frontiers in pharmacology · 2026Pooled it
- Effect of Breathing Meditation Program on the Lung Function in Physically Disabled Elderly Individuals.Iranian journal of public health · 2025Article
- Is Intraoperative Blood Loss Volume in Elderly Cervical Spine Injury Surgery Greater in Patients with Ankylosis? A Multicenter Survey.Spine surgery and related research · 2024Article
- Risk factors for poor neurological recovery after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: imaging characteristics.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2024Article
- Perceptions of critically ill individuals with acute and chronic spinal cord injury requiring a tracheostomy tube.Spinal cord series and cases · 2024Observational
- Deep Learning-Based Prediction Model for Gait Recovery after a Spinal Cord Injury.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Cervical Fracture with Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis and Respiratory Insufficiency: A Case Report.Spine surgery and related research · 2023Article
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designRetrospective Cohort Study.
objectiveThe purpose of this study was to investigate the prognosis of respiratory function in elderly patients with cervical spinal cord injury (SCI) and to identify predictive factors.
methodsWe included 1353 cases of elderly cervical SCI patients collected from 78 institutions in Japan. Patients who required early tracheostomy and ventilator management and those who developed respiratory complications were defined as the respiratory disability group. Patients' background characteristics, injury mechanism, injury form, neurological disability, complications, and treatment methods were compared between the disability and non-disability groups. Multiple logistic regression analysis was used to examine the independent factors. Patients who required respiratory management for 6 months or longer after injury and those who died of respiratory complications were classified into the severe disability group and were compared with minor cases who were weaned off the respirator.
resultsA total of 104 patients (7.8%) had impaired respiratory function. Comparisons between the disabled and non-disabled groups and between the severe and mild injury groups yielded distinct trends. In multiple logistic regression analysis, age, blood glucose level, presence of ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL), anterior vertebral hematoma, and critical paralysis were selected as independent risk factors.
conclusionAge, OPLL, severe paralysis, anterior vertebral hematoma, hypoalbuminemia, and blood glucose level at the time of injury were independent factors for respiratory failure. Hyperglycemia may have a negative effect on respiratory function in this condition.
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