A Patient Who Has Just Been Through a Terrible Car

question 10

Multiple Choice

A patient who has just been through a terrible car accident presents in the emergency room unable to feel or move his legs. The ER surgeon suspects spinal cord damage at the lower lumbar level. To minimize the probability that this patient will be paralyzed for life, the physician should

• A) wait and see, just making sure that the patient remains immobile.
• B) relieve swelling by administration of anti-inflammatory drugs.
• C) administer anti-inflammatory drugs after a week or two has passed.
• D) administer antibodies against the proteins that are known to regulate and inhibit neural growth.
• E) administer antibodies against the proteins released by glial cells contributing to scar tissue.

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