Predictors of early mortality after traumatic spinal cord injury: A population-based study

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 778-783

  Varma, Abhay ^a   Hill, Elizabeth G ^b   Nicholas, Joyce ^a,b   Selassie, Anbesaw ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Comorbidities; Frankel grade; ISS; Mortality; Spinal cord injury; TBI

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 77951667299     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181ba1359     Document Type: Article

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