Spinal Cord Injuries - Mortality
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Risk of mortality after spinal cord injury: an 8-year prospective study.

29 Sep 2009 Krause JS, Zhai Y, Saunders LL, Carter RE. Risk of mortality after spinal cord injury: an 8-year prospective study. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate a theoretical model for mortality after spinal cord injury (SCI) by sequentially analyzing 4 sets of risk ... Read more...

Risk factors for mortality in traumatic cervical spinal cord injury: Brazilian data.

29 Jun 2009 BACKGROUND: Predictive factors for mortality are different among countries; knowledge of risk factors is important for planning strategies to reduce mortality in trauma. The objective of this study was to identify predictors of death in traumatic ... Read more...

Intrathecal morphine attenuates recovery of function after a spinal cord injury.

29 Apr 2009 Prior work has shown that a high dose (20 mg/kg) of systemic morphine, required to produce significant analgesia in the acute phase of a contusion injury, undermines the long-term health of treated subjects and increases lesion size. Moreover, a ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Spinal Cord Injuries - Mortality'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Risk of mortality after spinal cord injury: an 8-year prospective study. 29 Sep 2009
• Risk factors for mortality in traumatic cervical spinal cord injury: Brazilian data. 29 Jun 2009
• Intrathecal morphine attenuates recovery of function after a spinal cord injury. 29 Apr 2009
• Psychologic factors and risk of mortality after spinal cord injury. 30 Mar 2009
• Risk of mortality after spinal cord injury: relationship with social support, education, and income. Mar 2009
• [Spinal cord injuries. Great progress but still no "cure"] 27 Feb 2009
• [Clinical treatment of acute traumatic central cervical spinal cord syndrome without fracture and dislocation] 30 Jan 2009
• Fatal fever of unknown origin in acute cervical spinal cord injury: five cases. 30 Dec 2008
• Traumatic spinal cord injury mortality, 1981-1998. 30 Dec 2008
• The timing of spinal stabilization in polytrauma and in patients with spinal cord injury. 29 Nov 2008
• Definitive establishment of airway control is critical for optimal outcome in lower cervical spinal cord injury. 29 Nov 2008
• Type IV thoracoabdominal aneurysm repair: predictors of postoperative mortality, spinal cord injury, and acute intestinal ischemia. 30 Oct 2008
• Direct contribution of cervical spine fracture upon "unfavorable outcome" and mortality. 29 Sep 2008
• A prospective study of health and risk of mortality after spinal cord injury. 30 Jul 2008
• Years of life lost because of gunshot injury to the brain and spinal cord. 30 Jul 2008
• Spinal cord injury: epidemiological study of 386 cases with emphasis on those patients admitted more than four hours after the trauma. 30 May 2008
• [Rehabilitation outcomes in patients with spinal cord injury 1992-2003: survival, neurologic recovery, length of stay in hospital] 30 May 2008
• Spinal cord injury management and rehabilitation: highlights and shortcomings from the 2005 earthquake in Pakistan. 28 Feb 2008
• Economic factors and longevity in spinal cord injury: a reappraisal. 28 Feb 2008
• Isolated cervical spine fractures in the elderly: a deadly injury. 30 Jan 2008

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Technical information about 'Spinal Cord Injuries'

Definition: Penetrating and non-penetrating injuries to the spinal cord resulting from traumatic external forces (e.g., WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; WHIPLASH INJURIES; etc.).

Descriptor UI: D013119

Alternative terms: Spinal Cord Injuries; Myelopathy, Traumatic; Myelopathies, Traumatic; Traumatic Myelopathies; Traumatic Myelopathy; Spinal Cord Trauma; Cord Trauma, Spinal; Cord Traumas, Spinal; Spinal Cord Traumas; Trauma, Spinal Cord; Traumas, Spinal Cord; Injuries, Spinal Cord; Cord Injuries, Spinal; Cord Injury, Spinal; Injury, Spinal Cord; Spinal Cord Injury; Spinal Cord Transection; Cord Transection, Spinal; Cord Transections, Spinal; Spinal Cord Transections; Transection, Spinal Cord; Transections, Spinal Cord; Spinal Cord Laceration; Cord Laceration, Spinal; Cord Lacerations, Spinal; Laceration, Spinal Cord; Lacerations, Spinal Cord; Spinal Cord Lacerations; Post-Traumatic Myelopathy; Myelopathies, Post-Traumatic; Myelopathy, Post-Traumatic; Post Traumatic Myelopathy; Post-Traumatic Myelopathies; Spinal Cord Contusion; Contusion, Spinal Cord; Contusions, Spinal Cord; Cord Contusion, Spinal; Cord Contusions, Spinal; Spinal Cord Contusions;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C10.228.854.770; C10.900.850; C21.866.819;

Technical Notes: coord IM with specific vertebra (NIM) to locate site on spinal cord