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. 2019 Mar 15;5:30. doi: 10.1038/s41394-019-0173-0

Table 3.

Patient characteristics

Patient 1 Patient 2 Patient 3 Patient 4
Gender Male Female Female Male
Age, years 38 56 29 56
Aetiology of SCI Traumatic Traumatic Congenital Traumatic
Level of lesion C7 C5 Th11 Th5
Completeness of lesion AIS A AIS A AIS A AIS A
SCIM admission 24 17 38 59
Relevant secondary diagnosis Suprapubic catheter, traumatic brain injury, spasticity Spasticity, smoker, diabetes mellitus Anxiety disorder Multiple pressure injury on feet, spasticity, colostomy, peripheral artery occlusive disease (PAOD)
Pressure injury stage [14] 4 4 4 4
Localisation of pressure injury Sacral bone Sacral bone Sacral bone Ischium
Osteomyelitis No Yes Yes Yes
Complication related to pressure injury No No No No
Inpatient stay (days) 79 72 92 55
Antibiotic treatment (days) 47 56 47 56
Immobilisation (weeks) 4 6 6 6

AIS American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Score, SCI spinal cord injury