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. 2014 Jan;2(1):32–37.

Table 3.

Factors associated with mortality in 206 patients with ervical column and cervical cord injuries included in the current study

  Alive (n=191) Dead (n=15) P -value
Age (years) 36.8±15.6 42.2±15.3 0.182
Length of Stay (days) 6.9±8.3 16.8±14.1 <0.001
Brain injury 30 (15.7%) 9 (60.0%) <0.001
Lung injury 15 (7.8%) 5 (33.3%) 0.008
Facial fracture 19 (9.9%) 4 (62.6%) 0.070
Other spine fracture 19 (9.9%) 4 (62.6%) 0.070
Cord injury 44 (23.1%) 10 (66.6%) 0.001
Axis fracture 39 (20.4%) 0 (0.0%) 0.080
C5 fracture 36 (18.8%) 6 (40.0%) 0.087