Open AccessTraumatic spinal cord injuries in Saint Petersburg: clinical and neurological features and mortality rate
Author(s) -
С В Лобзин,
Л. М. Мирзаева,
N. V. Tcinzerling,
И. В. Чистова
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
medicinskij alfavit
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2949-2807
pISSN - 2078-5631
DOI - 10.33667/2078-5631-2019-4-39(414)-5-9
Subject(s) - medicine , spinal cord , concomitant , retrospective cohort study , saint petersburg , spinal cord injury , traumatic brain injury , cohort , injury prevention , mortality rate , poison control , physical therapy , emergency medicine , surgery , psychiatry , russian federation , business , economic policy
A retrospective cohort descriptive study based on archived patient's charts was performed to research the clinical and neurological features of patients with traumatic spinal cord injuries and analyze predictors of hospital mortality rate. We analyzed 311 cases of acute spinal cord injury for 2012–2016. The relationship of gender and age characteristics, and clinical/neurological features of spinal cord injuries is described. The mortality rate dependence on the level and severity of spinal cord injuries was revealed. Risk factors such as concomitant traumatic brain injury and alcohol consumption before injury were identified.