| Abstrakt: |
Changes in serum cholesterol in relation to E.S.R., Hb, P.C.V., plasma, fibrinogen, serum proteins have been studied in 26 acute traumatic paraplegic and tetraplegic patients.In general the results are in agreement with those of other workers who have studied the variations of these components in other types of trauma, such as major and minor surgery, accidents, cardiac infarction and congestive heart failure. A relative haemoconcentration was found in traumatic tetraplegics and its mechanism is discussed.The contrasted findings in three main anatomical groups, cervical, thoracic and lumbar, show little difference except in the case of the serum cholesterol values. Here the cervical group shows a greater fall than do the other two during the first few days of injury. Possible explanations of this finding are discussed.It was found that patients with associated injuries showed a more marked response than those with uncomplicated spinal cord injury in nearly all the parameters examined. |
