Medical conditions and outcomes at 1 year after acute traumatic spinal cord injury in a Greek and a Swedish region: A prospective, population-based study

Spinal Cord

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 470-476

  Divanoglou, A ^a   Westgren, N ^a,b   Bjelak, S ^c   Levi, R ^a,c,d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Rehab Station Stockholm   (Sweden)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Mortality; Recovery; SCI system of care; Spinal injury unit; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLADDER EMPTYING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GREECE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEPSIS; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SURVIVAL; SWEDEN; TRACHEOSTOMY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREECE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953228997     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2009.147     Document Type: Article

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