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Emergency Medicine Test Prep

Category - Nervous System Trauma

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A man with spinal cord injury was brought to hospital. which one is true regarding spinal shock?
  1. it is circulatory collapse
  2. it is neurogenic shock
  3. its loss of sensation accompanies by motor paralysis and gradual recovery
  4. Reflexes in the spinal cord below the level of injury are exaggerated.
Explanation
Answer: C - In spinal shock loss of sensation accompanied by motor paralysis with initial loss but gradual recovery of reflexes, following a spinal cord injury (SCI) - most often a complete transaction. Reflexes in the spinal cord below the level of injury are depressed. The 'shock' in spinal shock does not refer to circulatory collapse, and should not be confused with neurogenic shock
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