Abstract

Setting: Acute inpatient rehabilitation hospital. Patient: A 23-year-old right-handed Hispanic woman. Case Description: The patient sustained C5 American Spinal Injury Association grade A tetraplegia following traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI). She underwent C5-7 anterior and C4-T1 posterior decompression and fusion with C5 through C7 diskectomy. She suffered frequent episodes of autonomic dysreflexia (AD) due to constipation, kinked urinary catheter, and positional changes, the latter occurring during transfers.

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