Incidence of respiratory complications following Spinal Cord Injury

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 270-275

  Jackson, Amie B ^a   Groomes, Thomas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGED; ATELECTASIS; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHOSPASM; CONFERENCE PAPER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LUNG ABSCESS; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PARAPLEGIA; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; QUADRIPLEGIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRACHEITIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0028331746     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0003-9993(94)90027-2     Document Type: Article

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