Yuying Chen

TL;DR: Pressure ulcers were more common among the elderly, men, African Americans, singles, subjects with education less than high school, unemployed, subject with complete injury, and subjects with history of pressure ulcers, rehospitalization, nursing home stay, and other medical conditions.

TL;DR: The present findings suggest that prevention strategies should be tailored to the targeted population and major causes to have a meaningful impact on reducing the incidence of SCI.

TL;DR: Within the prevalent population of the newly injured and prevalent population with spinal cord injury, the percentage of elderly persons will not increase meaningfully and life satisfaction and community participation are greater among persons who are at least 30 years postinjury.

TL;DR: Evidence that spinal cord injury directly causes increased risk for bacterial infection in mice as well as in patients is presented, demonstrating a secondary functional neurogenic immune deficiency (spinal cord injury-induced immune deficiency syndrome, SCI-IDS) sufficient to propagate clinically relevant infection in an injury level dependent manner.

TL;DR: Recommendations for reporting results using the International Spinal Cord Injury Core Data Set can facilitate a more uniform reporting of the very basic core data on SCI.