Methodological systematic review: Mortality in elderly patients with cervical spine injury: A critical appraisal of the reporting of baseline characteristics, follow-up, cause of death, and analysis of risk factors

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1079-1087

  Van Middendorp, Joost J ^a   Albert, Todd J ^b   Veth, René P H ^a   Hosman, Allard J F ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Baseline characteristics; Cervical spine injury; Confounders; Elderly; Mortality; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMBASE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDLINE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COMORBIDITY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MORTALITY; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL INJURIES;

EID: 77952011549     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181bc9fd2     Document Type: Review

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