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Spinal cord disorders - Coggle Diagram
Spinal cord disorders
Causes
Trauma
Neoplasms
Haematomas
Abscess
Herniation of one or more intervertebral disc
Nursing intervention
Surgical decompression
Physiotherapy
Analgesia
Corticosteroid therapy
Clinical manifestation
Sensory and motor deficits in the affected areas
Blood pressure abnormalities
Definition
They occur due to mechanical compression of the spinal cord
Pathophysiology
can be categorized as acute impact or compression
Acute impact injury is a concussion of the spinal cord
This type of injury initiates a cascade of events focused in the gray matter, and results in hemorrhagic necrosis
References
Mogotlane, S., Mokoena, J., Chauke, M., Matlakala, M., Young, A. and Randa, B., n.d. Juta's complete textbook of medical surgical nursing. 2019