Problems of the aged with spinal cord injuries
| Autor: | Ernest Bors, Alain B. Rossier |
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| Rok vydání: | 1965 |
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Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Ureteral Calculi Cauda Equina medicine.medical_treatment Spinal Cord Diseases Urinary catheterization Kidney Calculi medicine Humans Psychology Mortality Spinal Cord Injuries Aged Epididymitis Pressure Ulcer Vesico-Ureteral Reflux Urinary Bladder Calculi Rehabilitation business.industry Osteomyelitis Mortality rate Cauda equina General Medicine Middle Aged Prognosis Spinal cord medicine.disease medicine.anatomical_structure Neurology Accidents Female Neurology (clinical) Urinary Catheterization business |
| Zdroj: | Spinal Cord. 3:34-45 |
| ISSN: | 1476-5624 1362-4393 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/sc.1965.3 |
| Popis: | 1. A survey of patients is reported who were alive in their seventh decade and later or who have died in their seventh decade or later. 2. The two groups contained 32 patients with non-traumatic and 73 patients with traumatic lesions of the spinal cord and/or cauda equina, respectively. 3. The mortality rate in the non-traumatic group was higher than in the traumatic group (47 per cent, and 29 per cent., respectively); the causes of mortality have been enumerated and discussed. 4. The 52 living patients with traumatic lesions were studied in detail in regard to (a) urological aspects, (b) bowel function, (c) decubitus ulcer, (d) orthopaedic aspects, (e) neurological and neurosurgical aspects, (f) psychological and psychiatric aspects, (g) internal medical aspects, and (h) physical rehabilitation aspects. 5. The observations are discussed in the light of the literature. 6. The study indicated that the general condition of the patient and the extent but not the level of injury were the determining factors for the length of survival. |
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