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The clinical records of 1025 patients admitted to the National Spinal Injuries Centre between 1944 and 1969, (and who later died), were reviewed. Average survival times were obtained following the occurrence of a stone in the urinary tract and following the onset of proteinuria, reduced creatinine clearance and elevated serum creatinine.
The case records of a further 388 patients admitted during 1950, 1955 and i960 but thought to be still living were reviewed for comparison. Their known life span following the onset of the complications studied did not differ from those of the deceased patients in the survey.
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Nuseibeh, I., Burr, R. Survival time in paraplegics with certain urinary complications. Spinal Cord 20, 270–276 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.1982.49
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.1982.49