Patterns and medical complications among the patients with spinal cord injury admitted in a specialized public hospital (original) (raw)

Background: Spinal cord injury (SCI) is one of the most devastating of all traumatic accidents. It often leads to the loss of some or all of the sensation & movement of an individual, making patients prone to complications in both the short and the long term. Aim: To determine the patterns and medical complications among the patients with spinal cord injury. Methods: A hospital based cross sectional study was conducted at the Para-ward of National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedic Rehabilitation (NITOR), Dhaka. Data was collected by a semi-structure administered questionnaire with face to face interview & from individual’s medical records. Data was analyzed by SPSS (Version 20). Results: 40 SCI patients comprising 38 male and 2 female took part in this study. The maximum age range was between16 to 35 years where most of the participants were workers. Results indicated a significantly higher prevalence of incomplete cord injury. Most of the patients with SCI suffered from lum...