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Title: A patient with a spinal cord injury is recovering from spinal shock. The nurse r Post by: colleen on Mar 11, 2013 A patient with a spinal cord injury is recovering from spinal shock. The nurse realizes that the patient should not develop a full bladder because what emergency condition can occur if it is not corrected quickly?
1. autonomic dysreflexia 2. autonomic crisis 3. autonomic shutdown 4. autonomic failure Title: Re: A patient with a spinal cord injury is recovering from spinal shock. The nurse r Post by: robertling on Mar 11, 2013 1 -- Be attuned to the prevention of a distended bladder when caring for spinal cord injury (SCI) patients in order to prevent this chain of events that lead to autonomic dysreflexia. Track urinary output carefully. Routine use of bladder scanning can help prevent the occurrence. Other causes of autonomic dysreflexia are impacted stool and skin pressure. Autonomic crisis, autonomic shutdown, and autonomic failure are not terms used to describe common complications of spinal injury associated with bladder distension.
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