The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care · 1978 · 34 citations · 0 references
MedicineNeurological SurgeryPulmonologyCervical TraumaEdemaSpinal Cord InjurySpinal TraumaBlunt Spinal TraumaCraniocerebral TraumaSpinal Cord Injury ComplicationsTraumatic Cervical MyelopathyTraumatic Spinal Cord Injury
A 15-year-old patient with acute cervical spine injury (C5) and pulmonary edema is presented. There was no craniocerebral injury. Causes other than the injury are excluded. Acute cervical spine injury appears to be another cause of noncardiogenic pulmonary edema.