High mortality rate in rheumatoid arthritis with subluxation of the cervical spine: A cohort study of operated and nonoperated patients

Spine

Volumn 33, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 2278-2283

  Paus, Albert C ^a   Steen, Harald ^a   Røislien, Jo ^b   Mowinckel, Petter ^c   Teigland, Jens ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cervical column; Mortality; Myelopathy; Rheumatoid arthritis; Subluxations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CERVICAL SPINE DISLOCATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION; INJURY; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NECK PAIN; NEOPLASM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK REDUCTION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE SURGERY; SUDDEN DEATH; SURVIVAL RATE; X RAY FILM; CERVICAL SPINE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISLOCATION; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COHORT STUDIES; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 65849253717     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31817f1a17     Document Type: Article

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