Spinal cord injury - Incidence, prognosis, and outcome: An analysis of the TraumaRegister DGU

Spine Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1994-2001

  Stephan, Katharina ^a   Huber, Stephan ^a   Häberle, Sandra ^a   Kanz, Karl Georg ^a   Bühren, Volker ^b   Van Griensven, Martijn ^a   Meyer, Bernhard ^a   Biberthaler, Peter ^a   Lefering, Rolf ^c   Huber Wagner, Stefan ^a,d  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b BG UNFALLKLINIK MURNAU   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^d Intensive Care and Trauma Management of the German Trauma Society ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Major trauma; Neurologic deficit; Outcome; Paraplegia; Polytrauma; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE REGISTRY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EUROPE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WHOLE BODY CT; GERMANY; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GERMANY; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 84939273725     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: 18781632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2015.04.041     Document Type: Article

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