STUDY DESIGN: Prospective 2 years survey from 1 February 1997 to 31 January 1999. OBJECTIVES: To assess the incidence of complications during the acute stage of @entity602 and the possible correlations between them and the type of care and rehabilitation provided. SETTING: Spinal cord injured @entity1 consecutively admitted to 37 Italian Rehabilitation Centres (RCs). METHODS: The study population was drawn from the GISEM (Italian Group for the Epidemiological Study of @entity1566 ) study (1997-1999), which involved the participation of 37 RCs and Spinal Units (SUs), situated all over Italy, mainly in the northern and central part of the country. Only @entity1 admitted within 60 days from the @entity130 were considered. This yielded a population of 588 @entity1 (18% females and 82% males). Six of the most common complications were considered: trophic skin changes, heterotopic ossifications, @entity1494 , @entity1576 , @entity1150 and @entity1151 . RESULTS: Results revealed a high incidence of trophic skin changes (23.3%), while over half of the @entity1 presented at least one of the complications under examination. Trophic skin changes occurred exclusively among the @entity1 whose admission to the SUs had been delayed or who had received initial treatment in nonspecialised Centres. CONCLUSIONS: Optimal rehabilitation care, with regard to the prevention of complications during the acute phase, entails early admission to a specialised multidisciplinary facility, namely an SU.

Complications during the acute phase of traumatic XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity1494 :: ('MESH:D001745', 'Disease') :: ['urinary complications'] @entity602 :: ('MESH:D013118', 'Disease') :: ['spinal cord lesions'] @entity1151 :: ('MESH:D011655', 'Disease') :: ['pulmonary embolism'] @entity1150 :: ('MESH:D020246', 'Disease') :: ['deep-vein thrombosis'] @entity1576 :: ('MESH:D012131', 'Disease') :: ['respiratory complications'] @entity1566 :: ('MESH:D013119', 'Disease') :: ['Spinal Cord Injuries'] @entity130 :: ('MESH:D014947', 'Disease') :: ['traumatic injury']
@entity602 :: (MESH:D013118,Disease) :: ['spinal cord lesions']
