One Case of Quadriplegia Resulted from Cervical Penetration Wound
Journal of the Korean Society of Emergency Medicine
; : 459-464, 1998.
Article
em Ko
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ABSTRACT
A case of quadriplegia resulted from cervical penetrating wound was admitted to chosun university hospital intensive care unit, and undergone steroid therapy and antibiotics therapy. On the 6th hospital day, the septic complication was developed and it proved to be bacterial meningitis by CSF examination. Broad spectrum antibiotics was administered immediately after the diagnosis and the patient was monitored carefully. The bacterial meningitis was improved and no other serious complication was developed. The patient was discharged with permanent neurologic deficit, quadriplegia.
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Assunto principal:
Quadriplegia
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Ferimentos e Lesões
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Ferimentos Penetrantes
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Meningites Bacterianas
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Diagnóstico
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Unidades de Terapia Intensiva
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Antibacterianos
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Manifestações Neurológicas
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
Ko
Revista:
Journal of the Korean Society of Emergency Medicine
Ano de publicação:
1998
Tipo de documento:
Article