A patient with a $\mathrm{T} 2$ injury is in spinal shock. The nurse will expect to observe what assessment finding?

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During the period immediately following a spinal cord injury, spinal shock occurs. In spinal shock, all reflexes are absent and the extremities are flaccid. When spinal shock subsides, the patient demonstrates a positive Babinskis reflex, hyperreflexia, and spasticity of all four extremities.

A Patient with A T2\mathrm{T} 2T2 Injury Is in Spinal Shock

A Patient with A $\mathrm{T} 2$ Injury Is in Spinal Shock