These Aren’t the Triads You’re Looking For: Updating Clinical Mental Models of Acute Spinal Cord Compression

Acute spinal cord compression (SCC) is rare, difficult to diagnose, and likely to result in devastating, irreversible neurological outcomes if not treated in a timely manner. This project aimed to 1) identify clinician perceptions and impressions of SCC diagnostic indicators and risk factors; 2) coalesce SCC diagnostic indicators and risk factors described in the literature; and 3) compare the above elements. The goal of this project is to...