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Chapter 14 - Anesthetic Considerations for Spinal Cord Injury

from Section 2 - Anesthetic Considerations for Trauma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2017

By
K. H. Kevin Luk  and
Armagan Dagal
Edited by
Albert J. Varon  and
Charles E. Smith
Albert J. Varon
Affiliation:
University of Miami
Charles E. Smith
Affiliation:
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Essentials of Trauma Anesthesia , pp. 187 - 199
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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Cheung, V, Hoshide, R, Bansal, V, et al. Methylprednisolone in the management of spinal cord injuries: lessons from randomized, controlled trials. Surg Neurol Int 2015;6:142.Google Scholar
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National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center. Spinal cord injury (SCI) 2016 facts and figures at a glance. J Spinal Cord Med 2016;39:493–494.Google Scholar
Patel, MB, Humble, SS, Cullinane, DC, et al. Cervical spine collar clearance in the obtunded adult blunt trauma patient: a systematic review and practice management guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma. J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2015;78:430–441.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

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