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DIVING INJURY RESULTING IN TETRAPLEGIA
Author(s) -
Burke D. C.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1978.tb107818.x
Subject(s) - tetraplegia , presentation (obstetrics) , medicine , population , medical emergency , physical therapy , physical medicine and rehabilitation , medical record , injury prevention , poison control , spinal cord injury , surgery , psychiatry , spinal cord , environmental health
This paper reviews the medical records of 100 consecutive patients with tetraplegia owing to diving injury. Their high survival characteristics, plus youth on presentation, create the problem of an expanding population of chronically disabled patients.