Factors affecting the length of stay of patients with traumatic spinal cord injury in Tianjin, China

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 237-242

  Wu, Qiang ^a   Ning, Guang Zhi ^a   Li, Yu Lin ^a   Feng, Hong Yong ^a   Feng, Shi Qing ^a  

^a TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Length of stay; Spinal cord injury; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; CHINA; DECUBITUS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; INJURY SEVERITY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UROLITHIASIS; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878214841     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: 20457723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2045772313Y.0000000090     Document Type: Article

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