The journal of spinal cord medicine
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Spinal cord injury commonly results in neuromuscular weakness that impacts respiratory function. This would be expected to be associated with an increased likelihood of sleep-disordered breathing. ⋯ Early formal sleep study in patients with acute complete tetraplegia is recommended. In patients with incomplete tetraplegia and with paraplegia, the incidence of sleep-disordered breathing is significantly higher than the general population. With the lack of correlation between symptoms and SDB, formal study would be reasonable. There is insufficient evidence in the literature on the impact of treatment on morbidity, mortality and quality of life outcomes.
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To describe the epidemiological characteristics and trends of traumatic spinal cord injury in Chongqing, China. ⋯ The result revealed that the proportion of males was higher, as well as falls and MVCs were the first two main reasons, with older mean age of patients with TSCI than other countries. The occupations with highest risk for TSCI were peasants and laborers. All of these results prompted that preventive methods should be based on the characteristics of different type of patients with TSCI.