Serum C-reactive protein is an early, simple and inexpensive prognostic marker for the progression of intramedullary lesion on magnetic resonance imaging from acute to subacute stage in patients with spinal cord injury.
Masahiro OzakiKota SudaTsunehiko KonomiSatoko Matsumoto HarmonMiki KomatsuAkio MinamiMorio MatsumotoMasaya NakamuraMasahiko TakahataNorimasa IwasakiPublished in: Spinal cord (2021)
Serum CRP level on day 3 after injury was a good predictor for the progression of intramedullary signal intensity change on MRI from acute to subacute stage in patients with SCI.
Keyphrases
- magnetic resonance imaging
- liver failure
- end stage renal disease
- respiratory failure
- ejection fraction
- contrast enhanced
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- spinal cord injury
- drug induced
- computed tomography
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- high intensity
- diffusion weighted imaging
- magnetic resonance
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- mechanical ventilation