Clinical Implementation of Novel Spinal Cord Perfusion Pressure Protocol in Acute Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury at U.S. Level I Trauma Center: TRACK-SCI Study

We sought to report the safety of implementation of a novel standard of care protocol using spinal cord perfusion pressure (SCPP) maintenance for managing traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) in lieu of mean arterial pressure goals at a U.S. Level I trauma center. Starting in December 2017, blunt SCI patients presenting <24 hours after injury with admission American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale (AIS) A−C (or AIS D at neurosurgeon...