Complications in patients with spinal cord injuries sustained in an earthquake in Northern Pakistan

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 373-377

  Tauqir, Syeda Fizza ^a,b   Mirza, Shirin ^a   Gul, Shahzad ^a   Ghaffar, Hirra ^a   Zafar, Asif ^a  

^a HOLY FAMILY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b NONE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Complications; Earthquake; Neurogenic bladder; Pakistan; Paraplegia; Pressure ulcers; Spinal cord injuries; Tetraplegia

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECUBITUS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAKISTAN; PATIENT CARE; POSTTRAUMATIC COMPLICATION; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; SPINAL CORD INJURY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISASTER; INJURY SCALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NATURAL DISASTERS; PAKISTAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 35448991659     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10790268.2007.11753955     Document Type: Article

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