Publications by authors named "J L Mendez-Suarez"
Article Synopsis
- Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) causes brief vertigo episodes triggered by head movements and is often underdiagnosed and untreated.
- A case study involved a 72-year-old patient with a C5 spinal cord injury who developed BPPV, which was successfully diagnosed and treated with repositioning maneuvers.
- Access to vestibular rehab units in spinal cord injury units can improve BPPV diagnosis and treatment, reducing risks for patients.
Study Design: Survey study.
Objectives: People living with spinal cord injury (SCI) are major healthcare and rehabilitation services consumers and have unmet healthcare needs. This study aimed to describe the socioeconomic characteristics of people living with SCI in Spain and to determine the level of use and satisfaction with the public healthcare system.
Introduction: One of the main goals of the rehabilitation of patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) is the reintegration of the individual to their family, social, and work setting. The objective of this study was to identify the factors that determine the discharge destination after a traumatic spinal cord injury.
Material And Methods: We conducted a retrospective descriptive study of 305 patients with SCI who completed the rehabilitation treatment at the spinal injury unit of Hospital Insular de Gran Canaria between 2001 and 2018.
Objective: To determine the factors influencing functional improvement of cervical spinal cord injuries during hospital admission.
Material And Methods: We performed a retrospective study of patients with an acute cervical spinal cord injury who had completed a rehabilitation programme in the Spinal Cord Injuries Unit of the Canary Islands between 2001 and 2018. To measure functional improvement, we administered the Spinal Cord Independence Measure III (SCIM III) on admission and at discharge.
Objectives: To describe the bladder management in spinal cord injury and to verify if the increase in the age of the patient who is suffering a spinal cord injury in recent years is conditioning a change in its treatment.
Methods: We performed a retrospective review of all acute traumatic spinal cord injured patients in Canary Islands between 2001-2015. Data were collected from the hospital records of a regional referral Spinal Cord Unit.