Clinchot D M, Colachis S C
Department of Physical Medicine And Rehabilitation, Ohio State University, College of Medicine, Columbus, USA.
Spinal Cord. 1997 Mar;35(3):181-2. doi: 10.1038/sj.sc.3100363.
Traumatic spinal cord injuries occurring after cardiac arrest are rare. In such cases, injury to the cervical cord may result from the intubation of a patient during resuscitation. We report a very unusual case where cardiac arrest occurring during cardiac rehabilitation resulted in an unexpected traumatic cervical spinal cord injury.