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- Title
A Primary Care Provider's Guide to Pediatric Spinal Cord Injuries.
- Authors
Zebracki, Kathy; Melicosta, Michelle; Unser, Cody; Vogel, Lawrence C.
- Abstract
Spinal cord injury (SCI) in youth presents with unique manifestations and complications as compared to adult-onset SCI. The primary care clinician must consider the physical, physiological, cognitive, and psychological changes transpiring during childhood and adolescence. Physical changes include increasing size, weight, and bladder volume. Physiologic considerations include decreasing heart rate and increasing blood pressure with age. Cognitive issues include communication, executive functioning, and self-management skills. Lastly, psychological processes involve emotional functioning and establishment of self-identify and autonomy in the context of life with SCI.
- Subjects
AGE factors in disease; ANTHROPOMETRY; PRESSURE ulcers; BLOOD pressure; COMMUNICATION; EDEMA; EXTREMITIES (Anatomy); FEVER; HEALTH counseling; HEART beat; CONGENITAL hip dislocation; HYPERHIDROSIS; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; ORTHOSTATIC hypotension; MUSCULOSKELETAL system diseases; NEUROGENIC bladder; PAIN; PATIENT education; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICAL fitness; PREVENTIVE health services; RESPIRATORY insufficiency; RISK assessment; SCOLIOSIS; SELF-management (Psychology); HUMAN sexuality; SPASTICITY; SPINAL cord injuries; SUBSTANCE abuse; LATEX allergy; EXECUTIVE function; AUTONOMIC dysreflexia; NEUROGENIC bowel; DISEASE complications; DISEASE risk factors; CHILDREN
- Publication
Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation, 2020, Vol 26, Issue 2, p91
- ISSN
1082-0744
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.46292/sci2602-91