Sugarman B
Q J Med. 1985 Jan;54(213):3-18.
Recent medical advances have greatly improved the prognosis for people who sustain spinal cord injury (about 10 000 people initially survive spinal cord injury each year in the US). Physicians may become involved with the acute care of spinal cord injured persons or care for complications which develop later. Certain conditions such as heterotopic bone formation and autonomic dysreflexia are seen almost exclusively in this group of patients; other complications such as urinary tract and soft tissue infections occur quite often. Common medical complications of spinal cord injured persons are reviewed, as well as their diagnosis and treatment.
近期医学的进步极大地改善了脊髓损伤患者的预后（在美国，每年约有10000人最初能从脊髓损伤中存活下来）。医生可能会参与脊髓损伤患者的急性护理，或处理后期出现的并发症。某些情况，如异位骨化和自主神经反射异常，几乎仅见于这类患者；其他并发症，如尿路感染和软组织感染，则相当常见。本文综述了脊髓损伤患者常见的医学并发症及其诊断和治疗方法。
