Spinal epidural abscess

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 245-251

  Kumar, Krishna ^a,b   Hunter, Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b REGINA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Early surgical intervention; Prognostic factors; Spinal epidural abscess

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MANAGEMENT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SPINE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 23444449722     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/NCC:2:3:245     Document Type: Article

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