Question 1
A 58-year-old man with a C5 AIS A SCI becomes acutely flushed with blood pressure 210/115 mmHg, pounding headache, and diaphoresis above the level of injury. What is the FIRST step in management?
Correct Answer:
Place the patient in the upright seated position and loosen constrictive clothing
Question 2
Under the American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale (AIS), which grade means motor-incomplete status with at least half of key muscle functions below the neurologic level graded 3 or higher?
Correct Answer:
AIS D
Question 3
An elderly man falls forward striking his forehead, causing hyperextension. He develops weakness that is markedly worse in the upper extremities than lower extremities, with variable sensory loss. Which incomplete SCI syndrome is most likely?
Correct Answer:
Central cord syndrome
Question 4
A patient with a penetrating spinal cord injury has ipsilateral motor weakness and loss of vibration/proprioception with contralateral loss of pain and temperature below the lesion. Which syndrome is this?
Correct Answer:
Brown-Séquard syndrome
Question 5
A 22-year-old male with a complete T10 SCI is found to have elevated alkaline phosphatase and increasing hip stiffness 6 weeks post-injury. A bone scan shows increased uptake anterior to the hip. What is the most likely diagnosis?
Correct Answer:
Heterotopic ossification
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