Cervicothoracolumbar spinal epidural abscess and cerebral salt wasting

Spine Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages e1-

  Kose, Mehmet ^a   Arslan, Duran ^a   Altunay, Levent ^a   Erdogan, Secil ^a   Yikilmaz, Ali ^a   Ozturk, Mustafa Kursad ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cerebral salt wasting; Conservative treatment; Spinal epidural abscess

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; GENTAMICIN; SULTAMICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL SALT WASTING; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOTENSION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MYALGIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SPINAL EPIDURAL ABSCESS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 58649099840     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2007.12.003     Document Type: Article

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