Understanding post-hospital morbidity associated with immobilisation of cervical spine fractures in older people using geriatric medicine assessment techniques: A pilot study

Injury

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1838-1842

  Moran, Chris ^a,b   Kipen, Eva ^a   Chan, Patrick ^c   Niggemeyer, Louise ^c   Scharf, Simon ^a   Hunter, Peter ^a   Fitzgerald, Mark ^c,d   Gruen, Russell ^b,c,d  

^a Caulfield Hospital   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL TRAUMA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cervical spine fracture; Older adults

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL COLLAR; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DELIRIUM; FALLING; FEMALE; FRACTURE IMMOBILIZATION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE NEED; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AUSTRALIA; CERVICAL SPINE; COMORBIDITY; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRICS; IMMOBILIZATION; INJURIES; ORTHOSIS; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SPINAL FRACTURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COMORBIDITY; DELIRIUM; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SPINAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84887109881     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2013.04.009     Document Type: Article

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