Mortality rates in geriatric patients with spinal cord injuries

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 277-281

  Fassett, Daniel R ^a,c   Harrop, James S ^a   Maltenfort, Mitchell ^a   Jeyamohan, Shiveindra B ^a   Ratliff, John D ^a   Anderson, D Greg ^b   Hilibrand, Alan S ^b   Albert, Todd J ^b   Vaccaro, Alexander R ^b   Sharan, Ashwini D ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Geriatric patient; Mortality rate; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PENNSYLVANIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 34748892410     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/SPI-07/09/277     Document Type: Article

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