Predictors of pulmonary complications in blunt traumatic spinal cord injury
Abstract
Pulmonary complications are the most common acute systemic adverse events following spinal cord injury (SCI), and contribute to morbidity, mortality, and increased length of hospital stay (LOS). Identification of factors associated with pulmonary complications would be of value in prevention and acute care management. Predictors of pulmonary complications after SCI and their effect on neurological recovery were prospectively studied between 2005 and 2009 at the 9 hospitals in the North American Clinical Trials Network (NACTN).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 2012
- Source ID
- 10.3171/2012.4.aospine1295
Entities
People
- Bizhan Aarabi
- Charles H. Tator
- Christopher I. Shaffrey
- Elizabeth Toups
- James D Guest
- James S Harrop
- Joseph R. Dettori
- Kathirkamanathan Shanmuganathan
- Katie M. Zacherl
- Keith D. Burau
- Melvin Alexander
- Michael G. Fehlings
- Michael K. Rosner
- Michele M. Johnson
- Nader M. Habashi
- Penny Andrews
- Ralph F. Frankowski
- Robert G. Grossman
- Stuart E. Mirvis
- Susan J. Harkema
Organizations
- Houston Methodist Hospital
- Thomas Jefferson University
- Toronto Western Hospital
- University of Louisville
- University of Miami
- University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
- University of Virginia
- Walter Reed Army Medical Center