Nontraumatic spinal cord lesions: A prospective study of medical complications during in-patient rehabilitation

Spinal Cord

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 558-564

  Nair, K P S ^a,b   Taly, A B ^a   Maheshwarappa, B M ^a   Kumar, J ^a   Murali, T ^a   Rao, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

^b NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Medical complications; Nontraumatic spinal cord lesions; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; CHILD; CONSTIPATION; CONTRACTURE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DECUBITUS; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PAIN; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SLEEP DISORDER; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD LESION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSALITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INPATIENTS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; URINARY INCONTINENCE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 24944496987     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101752     Document Type: Article

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