Patient demographics, insurance status, race, and ethnicity as predictors of morbidity and mortality after spine trauma: A study using the national trauma data bank

Spine Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1766-1773.e1

  Schoenfeld, Andrew J ^a   Belmont Jr , Philip J ^a   See, Aaron A ^a   Bader, Julia O ^b   Bono, Christopher M ^c  

^a Paul L Foster School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Mortality; Race; Risk factors; Spine trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEPSIS; SPINE INJURY; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

COMPLICATIONS; MORTALITY; RACE; RISK FACTORS; SPINE TRAUMA;

ADULT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84889640130     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: 18781632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2013.03.024     Document Type: Article

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