Management of acute cervical spinal cord injury

Neurologist

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 287-294

  Villavicencio, Alan T ^a   Dimitrov, Dragan F ^a   McGirt, Matthew J ^a   Turner, Dennis A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Spinal cord injury; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ATRACURIUM; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; DIAZEPAM; EDROPHONIUM; FENTANYL; FLUMAZENIL; LORAZEPAM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC AGENT; NEOSTIGMINE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; PANCURONIUM; PETHIDINE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE; SUXAMETHONIUM; VECURONIUM;

ALGORITHM; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; NEUROANATOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SPINAL REFLEX; SPINE STABILIZATION;

EID: 0034784635     PISSN: 10747931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00127893-200109000-00003     Document Type: Review

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