Approach and considerations regarding the patient with spinal injury

Injury

Volumn 36, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2005, Pages S2-S12

  Licina, Paul ^a,b   Nowitzke, Adrian M ^a  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical assessment; Diagnostic imaging; Spinal cord injuries; Spinal injuries; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; HUMAN; IMAGING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NONHUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SAFETY; SIDE EFFECT; SPINE INJURY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; BRAIN INJURY; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; LIMB INJURY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NERVE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ORTHOSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE STABILIZATION; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENA CAVA FILTER; VISCERA;

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RESUSCITATION; SPINAL INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 21244474787     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2005.06.010     Document Type: Article

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