Emergency and acute care management of traumatic spinal cord injury: a survey of current practice among senior clinicians across Australia

Abstract Background To describe pre-hospital, emergency department and acute care assessment and management practices of senior clinicians for patients with acute traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI) across Australia; and to describe clinical practice variation. Methods We used a descriptive, cross-s...

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Main Authors: Lisa N. Sharwood, Shelly Dhaliwal, Jonathon Ball, Brian Burns, Oliver Flower, Anthony Joseph, Ralph Stanford, James Middleton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-12-01
Series:BMC Emergency Medicine
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12873-018-0207-0