Listening To The Patients: Another Approach To Understanding Transition To Adulthood
Monday, May 1st, 2006 LISTENING TO THE PATIENTS: ANOTHER APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING TRANSITION TO ADULTHOOD
Caroline J. Anderson, PhD; and Lawrence C. Vogel, MD
Archive for the 'Pediatric SCI' Category
Critical Rehabilitation of The Patient With Spinal Cord Injury
Monday, May 1st, 2006 Fries, J. M. (2005). Critical Rehabilitation of The Patient With Spinal Cord Injury.
Critical Care Nurse Quarterly 28 (2), 179-187.
Reviewed by: Carol L. Leedom MSN, RN
Patients with spinal cord injuries (SCI) are not always admitted to rehabilitation facilities/units as early as desirable because of multi-trauma they may have experienced. Many are returning to critical care units […]
Recognition and Management of Respiratory Dysfunction in Children With Tetraplegia
Thursday, September 1st, 2005 Susan C. Porth, MSN, CRNP
This article first appeared in the Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, Volume27, Supplement 1, and is reprinted with permission.
ABSTRACT
Summary: Children less than 15 years of age comprise approximately 3% to 5% of all new spinal injuries each year. Approximately one third of these children sustain injuries to […]
Nutritional Considerations in Pediatric Spinal Cord Injury
Thursday, September 1st, 2005 Pamela Patt, RD, LD, CNSD
Edited by Kathryn Hickey, BA, RN
Introduction
Pediatric spinal cord injury (SCI) is a devastating event that encompasses many nutritional issues and potential complications. Nutritional assessment and interventions can have a tremendous impact on long-term health maintenance and quality-of-life. Children and teens with SCI present many nutritional challenges including alterations […]