Predicting the need for tracheostomy in patients with cervical spinal cord injury

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 880-884

  Leelapattana, Pittavat ^a,b   Fleming, Jennifer C ^a,b   Gurr, Kevin R ^a,b   Bailey, Stewart I ^a,b   Parry, Neil ^a,b   Bailey, Christopher S ^a,b  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; spinal cord injury; tracheostomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LUNG COMPLICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPSIS; TRACHEOSTOMY; VENTILATOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APNEA; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TRACHEOSTOMY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867090104     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318251fb34     Document Type: Article

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