Controversies in the management of traumatic spinal cord injury

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 202-204

  Sansam, Kate A J ^a  

^a PINDERFIELDS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DECUBITUS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

EID: 33646110253     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.6-2-202     Document Type: Conference Paper

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2. Yeo JD, Walsh J, Rutkowski S, Soden R et al. Mortality following spinal cord injury. Spinal Cord 1998;36:329-36.
3. DeVivo MJ, Black KJ, Stover SL. Causes of death during the first 12 years after spinal cord injury. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 1993;74:248-54.
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5. Frankel HL, Coll JR, Charlifue SW, Whiteneck GG et al. Long-term survival in spinal cord injury: a fifty year investigation. Spinal Cord 1998;36:266-74.