TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Spine Trauma
A1  - Go, Steven
A2  - Tintinalli, Judith E.
A2  - Stapczynski, J. Stephan
A2  - Ma, O. John
A2  - Yealy, Donald M.
A2  - Meckler, Garth D.
A2  - Cline, David M.
PY  - 2016
T2  - Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 8e
AB  - Trauma  to  the  spine  can  cause  a  vertebral  spinal  column  injury,  a  spinal  cord  injury,  or  both.  A  few  studies  have  tried  to  estimate  the  annual  incidence  of  spinal  column  injury  in  the  general  population  with  results  ranging  from  11.8  to  64  cases  per  100,000,1,2  but  no  current  figures  are  available  for  the  U.S.  population.  In  contrast,  the  estimated  annual  incidence  of  spinal  cord  injury  in  the  United  States  is  40  cases  per  million  or  12,000  new  cases  per  year,  with  81%  male  victims,  a  mean  age  of  42.6  years,  and  a  67%  Caucasian  predominance.3  Since  2010,  the  leading  causes  of  spinal  cord  injury  are  vehicular  (37%),  falls  (29%),  and  violence  (14%).  Lifetime  costs  for  spinal  cord  injury  victims  vary  according  to  age  at  time  of  injury,  severity  of  injury,  and  socioeconomic  status;  however,  estimates  range  in  millions  of  dollars  per  patient.3  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/20
UR  - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1121495349
ER  -