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  • Title: Associated injuries in patients with spinal injury.
    Author: Silver JR, Morris WR, Otfinowski JS.
    Journal: Injury; 1980 Nov; 12(3):219-24. PubMed ID: 7228385.
    Abstract:
    The associated injuries found in 100 consecutive spinal injuries are described. Fifty-one of the patients had injuries of the cervical cord, 31 per cent complete. A total of 75 per cent of the patients had associated injuries, the commonest being a head injury. Chest injuries were the next most frequent. The management of these injuries in the presence of a severe spinal injury is described. The importance of early tracheostomy and prophylactic anticoagulant therapy is stressed in reducing the mortality to the order of 2 per cent. The value of spinal injury units is emphasized.
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