Epidemiology and predictors of cervical spine injury in adult major trauma patients: A multicenter cohort study

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 975-981

  Hasler, Rebecca M ^a,e   Exadaktylos, Aristomenis K ^b   Bouamra, Omar ^a   Benneker, Lorin M ^b   Clancy, Mike ^c   Sieber, Robert ^d   Zimmermann, Heinz ^b   Lecky, Fiona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^e HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervical cord injury; Cervical fractures dislocations; Major trauma; Predictors; TARN registry

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE DISLOCATION; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; COHORT ANALYSIS; FACE FRACTURE; FALLING; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPORT INJURY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; AGE; CERVICAL SPINE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISLOCATION; FRACTURE; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862743323     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31823f5e8e     Document Type: Article

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