《Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice》 ›› 2008, Vol. 14 ›› Issue (07): 617-619.

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Prevention and Treatment of Complications of Spinal Cord Injury

ZHENG Ying, ZHOU Hong-jun, LIU Gen-lin, et al   

  1. Department of Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation, Capital Medical University School of Rehabilitation Medicine, Beijing Charity Hospital, China Rehabilitation Research Centre, Beijing 100068, China
  • Received:2008-06-02 Published:2008-07-01 Online:2008-07-01

Abstract: The complications of spinal cord injury(SCI)affect not only the rehabilitation treatment,but also quality of the patients' living,even threaten to patients' life,including pressure sore,complications of urinary system and respiratory system,deep venous thrombosis,pulmonary embolism,spasm,pain,autonomic dysreflexia,osteoporosis,etc.The prevention and treatment of complications of SCI may be helpful to improve patients' health,and a premise of the rehabilitation.

Key words: spinal cord injury(SCI), complication, treatment, prevention