Survival after traumatic spinal cord injury in Denmark: a hospital-based study among patients injured in 1990–2012

Abstract

Survival after TSCI in Denmark did not change considerably from 1990 to 2014, and there seemed to be no gender difference. Mortality was highest among patients above 60 years of age at injury.

Comparison of statistical methods for calculating life expectancy after spinal cord injury

“…Often, the most current general population period life table was used for SCI life expectancy calculations under the assumption that the SMR was constant over time. However, this assumption is inconsistent with the findings of several studies now indicating a trend toward a higher SMR or lower percentage of normal life expectancy for SCI than in the past [16][17][18][19]. Therefore, current SCI life expectancy has been slightly overestimated by studies based on this SMR approach.…”

“…Historically, the most common statistical method for evaluating the effects of multiple risk factors on long-term survival has been Cox proportional hazards regression analysis [25]. This approach, used in many studies of longterm survival following SCI, allows the simultaneous consideration of main and interactive effects of other known mortality risk factors such as gender, race, cause of injury, education, income, smoking, etc., in addition to age and neurologic status, and can accommodate changes in risk factors over time through the use of time-dependent covariates [11,16,[19][20][21]. However, there are two significant limitations to the use of Cox models.…”

Epidemiology of traumatic spinal cord injury in Nepal: A systematic review

“…19 The figure at the highest end is higher than many other studies outside Nepal: 10.25% in two institutions of America, 47 19% in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yokohama City University, Japan, 48 and 20% in Spinal Cord Injury Centre in Western Denmark. 49 Nevertheless, the rate at lower end is significantly low which demands further explication. Lower hospital death rate might be due to the tendency of the family to request for early discharge from hospital, thinking that treating further would not improve the condition of patients.…”

Modern Methods of Overactive Bladder Correction in Patients with Spine Traumas

“…Распространенными осложнениями ПСМТ являются расстройства мочеиспускания. По данным ученых, дизурические явления встречаются у 81-100% пациентов с ПСМТ, при этом более чем у 30% они сохраняются в виде стойких функциональных расстройств акта мочеиспускания в позднем периоде повреждения спинного мозга [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] 1 .…”