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ArticleJournal of family medicine and primary care2025

Delayed spinal cord injury after a fall - Case report.

Daniel Ho, Ka Lun Ng, Jeffrey Zhang, George Gin-Wen Tang, Peter Khong

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Article in Journal of family medicine and primary care, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors.

Daniel HoFaculty of Medicine, The University of New South Wales, NSW, Australia.
Ka Lun NgFaculty of Medicine, The University of New South Wales, NSW, Australia.
Jeffrey ZhangFaculty of Medicine, The University of New South Wales, NSW, Australia.
George Gin-Wen TangFaculty of Medicine, School of Public Health, and Community Medicine, The University of New South Wales, NSW, Australia.
Peter KhongDepartment of Neurosurgery, St George Hospital, Kogarah, NSW, Australia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Patients with fall and head strike are commonly assessed in the emergency department (ED), and discharged into care of their primary care physicians (PCPs) if spinal cord injury is excluded clinically or radiologically. We present the case of 84-year-old man, who sustained a fall with head strike, and was cleared of spinal cord injury. He later presented to his PCP with progressive upper limb weakness, requiring urgent surgical decompression. PCPs are well-placed to catch such patients and prevent morbidity and mortality. We advocate clear communication between ED and the PCP to ensure continuity from hospital to community.

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Emergency medicineneurologyneurosurgeryperioperative carepreoperative and postoperative care

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PMID41090013
PMCPMC12517574

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