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Understanding spinal cord compression

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Other literature type 01 Sep 2016Publisher:Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)Journal:Nursing, volume 46, pages 44-51 (issn: 0360-4039,

Authors: Karen Iyere; Roberta Kaplow;

doi: 10.1097/01.nurse.0000490208.81425.19

pmid: 27490426

Understanding spinal cord compression

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Abstract

SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION (SCC) is a life-threatening complication of primary and metastatic cancer that can significantly impact a patient's quality of life. Prompt diagnosis and treatment are critically important. Identified by the Oncology Nursing Society as a structural oncologic emergency, SC

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Emory University Hospital
United States

Keywords

Spinal Neoplasms, Nursing Diagnosis, Social Support, Emergency Nursing, Nurse's Role, Reflex, Babinski, Patient Education as Topic, Spinal Cord, Humans, Clinical Competence, Nurse-Patient Relations, Spinal Cord Compression

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