Cervical spine fractures in patients 65 years or older: A 3-year experience at a Level I trauma center

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 745-748

  Damadi, Amir A ^a   Saxe, Andrew W ^a,b   Fath, John J ^a   Apelgren, Keith N ^a  

^a MCLAREN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical Spine; Cervical trauma in elderly; Elderly; Fracture

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PARAPLEGIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SPINE SURGERY;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MICHIGAN; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40549101836     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3180341fc6     Document Type: Article

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