Halo vest immobilization in the elderly: A death sentence?

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 350-357

  Majercik, Sarah ^a,b   Tashjian, Robert Z ^a   Biffl, Walter L ^a   Harrington, David T ^a   Cioffi, William G ^a   Stewart, Ronald M ^b   Wiles, Charles ^b   Baker, Christopher C ^b   Kaups, Krista L ^b   Brotman, Sheldon ^b  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b APC 439 ^*

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Elderly; Halo vest immobilization; Mortality; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FRACTURE IMMOBILIZATION; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RESPIRATORY ARREST; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; ODONTOID PROCESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27844512875     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000174671.07664.7c     Document Type: Review

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