Detected and overlooked cervical spine injury in comatose victims of trauma: Report from the Pennsylvania Trauma Outcomes Study

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 210-216

  Piatt Jr , Joseph H ^a,b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Coma; Spinal cord injury; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMATOSE PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SPINE FRACTURE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMA; DECISION TREE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE INJURY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMA, POST-HEAD INJURY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DECISION TREES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENNSYLVANIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL INJURIES;

EID: 33749075741     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2006.5.3.210     Document Type: Article

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