Clinical presentations, medical complications, and functional outcomes of individuals with gunshot wound-induced spinal cord injury

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 102-107

  McKinley, William O ^a   Johns, Jeffery S ^b   Musgrove, John J ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Functional outcome; Gunshot wound; Medical complications; Spinal cord injury; Violence

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; STATISTICAL METHODS;

SPINAL CORD INJURY;

FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON PERFORATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; INFECTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PNEUMOTHORAX; RETROPERITONEAL HEMATOMA; SPINAL CORD INJURY; VIOLENCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNEMPLOYMENT; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 0033106117     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002060-199903000-00002     Document Type: Article

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