Non-neurological outcomes after complete traumatic spinal cord injury: The impact of surgical timing

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 30, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 1596-1601

  Bourassa Moreau, Étienne ^a,b   Mac Thiong, Jean Marc ^a,b,c   Feldman, Debbie Ehrmann ^a   Thompson, Cynthia ^b   Parent, Stefan ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

American Spinal Injury Association grade A; complete SCI; complications; SCI; surgical timing

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DECUBITUS; DELIRIUM; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRAUMATIC COMPLETE SPINAL CORD INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PNEUMONIA; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84883612586     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2013.2957     Document Type: Article

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