NursingCarePlanSpinalCordInjury

BYBYRONWEBBROMERO,RN,MSNAPRIL15,2009

Communitycollegesinarizona

Nursingcareplan

Losses

Spinalcord
injuriescausesmyelopathyor
damagetowhitematteror
myelinatedfibertractsthat
carrysignalstoandfromthe
brain.Italsodamagesgray
matterinthecentralpartofthe
spine,causingsegmentallosses
ofinterneuronsand
motorneurons.Spinalcordinjury
canoccurfrommanycauses,
including:
Traumasuchasautomobilecrashes,falls,gunshots,diving
accidents,warinjuries,etc.
Tumorsuchasright,ependymomas,astrocytomas,and
metastaticcancer.
Ischemiaresultingfromocclusionofspinalbloodvessels,
includingdissectingaorticaneurysms,emboli,
arteriosclerosis.
Developmentaldisorders,suchasspinabifida,

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meningomyolcoele,andother.
Neurodegenerativediseases,suchasFriedreichsataxia,
spinocerebellarataxia,etc.
Demyelinativediseases,suchasMultipleSclerosis.
Transversemyelitis,resultingfromspinalcordstroke,
inflammation,orothercauses.
Vascularmalformations,suchasarteriovenous
malformation(AVM),duralarteriovenousfistula(AVF),spinal
hemangioma,cavernousangiomaandaneurysm.