What are the initial clinical manifestations immediately noted after a spinal cord injury?
a. Headache
b. Bladder incontinence
c. Loss of deep tendon reflexes
d. Hypertension
e. Flaccid paralysis
Ans:
b. Bladder incontinence
c. Loss of deep tendon reflexes
e. Flaccid paralysis
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