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Traumatic spinal cord injuries occurring after cardiac arrest are rare. In such cases, injury to the cervical cord may result from the intubation of a patient during resuscitation. We report a very unusual case where cardiac arrest occurring during cardiac rehabilitation resulted in an unexpected traumatic cervical spinal cord injury.
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Clinchot, D., Colachis, S. An unusual cause of traumatic spinal cord injury: Case report. Spinal Cord 35, 181–182 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.sc.3100363
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