Incidence and Demographics of Cervical Spine Fractures over a 10 Year Period at a Level I Trauma Center
Blizzard D, Miller C, Blizzard S, Grauer J. Incidence and Demographics of Cervical Spine Fractures over a 10 Year Period at a Level I Trauma Center. The Duke Orthopaedic Journal 2016, 6: 21-25. DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10017-1065.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCervical spine fracturesLevel I trauma centerCervical CT scanI trauma centerCervical fracturesSpine fracturesTrauma centerEmergency departmentCT scanNegative imaging studiesSingle Level ITraumatic neck painCervical spine traumaManagement of patientsMechanism of injuryHigh-energy traumaYears of ageRapidity of diagnosisRelevant demographic dataNeck painED visitsOlder patientsYounger patientsSpine traumaBlunt traumaVariation in Resource Utilization for Patients With Hip and Pelvic Fractures Despite Equal Medicare Reimbursement
Samuel AM, Webb ML, Lukasiewicz AM, Basques BA, Bohl DD, Varthi AG, Lane JM, Grauer JN. Variation in Resource Utilization for Patients With Hip and Pelvic Fractures Despite Equal Medicare Reimbursement. Clinical Orthopaedics And Related Research® 2016, 474: 1486-1494. PMID: 26913512, PMCID: PMC4868172, DOI: 10.1007/s11999-016-4765-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overDiagnosis-Related GroupsFee-for-Service PlansFemaleFracture FixationHealth ResourcesHip FracturesHospital CostsHumansIntensive Care UnitsLength of StayMaleMedicarePatient Care BundlesPelvic BonesProcess Assessment, Health CareRegistriesRespiration, ArtificialRetrospective StudiesTime FactorsTrauma CentersTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesConceptsIntensive care unitDiagnosis-related groupsPelvic fracturesHip fractureInpatient lengthAcetabulum fracturesVentilator timeICU lengthHospital factorsVentilation timePelvis fracturesIntensive care unit stayNational Trauma Data BankTotal inpatient lengthTrue hospital costsMechanical ventilation timeInpatient resource utilizationHigh-energy traumaTrauma Data BankIncidence of fracturesNonoperative fracturesUnit stayTrauma patientsCare unitPelvic trauma