A clinical prediction model for long-term functional outcome after traumatic spinal cord injury based on acute clinical and imaging factors

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 29, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 2263-2271

  Wilson, Jefferson R ^a   Grossman, Robert G ^b   Frankowski, Ralph F ^c   Kiss, Alexander ^d   Davis, Aileen M ^d   Kulkarni, Abhaya V ^a,d   Harrop, James S ^e   Aarabi, Bizhan ^f   Vaccaro, Alexander ^e   Tator, Charles H ^a   Dvorak, Marcel ^g   Shaffrey, Christopher I ^h   Harkema, Susan ⁱ   Guest, James D ^j   Fehlings, Michael G ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

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Author keywords

clinical prediction model; functional outcome; spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ACUTE DISEASE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REGISTRIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 84865615968     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2012.2417     Document Type: Article

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