A review of the readmissions of patients with tetraplegia to the Regional Spinal Injuries Centre, Southport, United Kingdom, between January 1994 and December 1995

Spinal Cord

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 838-846

  Vaidyanathan, S ^a   Soni, B M ^a   Gopalan, L ^b   Sett, P ^a   Watt, J W H ^a   Singh, G ^a   Bingley, J ^a   Mansour, Paul ^a   Krishnan, K R ^a   Oo, T ^a  

^a DISTRICT GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Readmission; Spinal cord injury; Tetraplegia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE PLUS SALBUTAMOL SULFATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CYSTOSCOPY; DECUBITUS; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LITHOTRIPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; URETER STENT; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

EID: 0032429460     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3100629     Document Type: Article

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