Kiwerski J E
Rehabilitation Clinic of the Medical Academy in Warsaw, Konstancin, Poland.
Paraplegia. 1993 Dec;31(12):793-9. doi: 10.1038/sc.1993.122.
An analysis of the mortality rate of 3486 spinal injured patients treated in the early posttraumatic period in the years 1965-1989 in Konstancin, Poland is presented. The data show that the life of the spinal cord injured is threatened by several factors, the most important of which appear to be: the level and degree of the spinal cord lesion; certain causes of injury predisposing to severe nervous system injury; advanced age; and to some extent, concomitant injuries and methods of treatment. The significance of age is demonstrated by a nearly tenfold increase in mortality in the oldest age group of patients with complete spinal cord lesions as compared to the youngest age group of up to 20 years with the same degree of spinal cord damage.
本文对1965年至1989年期间在波兰康斯坦钦接受创伤后早期治疗的3486例脊髓损伤患者的死亡率进行了分析。数据表明，脊髓损伤患者的生命受到多种因素的威胁，其中最重要的因素似乎是：脊髓损伤的水平和程度；某些易导致严重神经系统损伤的损伤原因；高龄；以及在一定程度上，合并伤和治疗方法。年龄的重要性体现在，与脊髓损伤程度相同的20岁及以下最年轻年龄组患者相比，脊髓完全损伤的最年长年龄组患者的死亡率几乎增加了十倍。
