Causes of death after spinal cord injury in the Czech Republic
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F75010330%3A_____%2F21%3A00013481" target="_blank" >RIV/75010330:_____/21:00013481 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00064203:_____/21:10419992 RIV/00216208:11130/21:10419992
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41393-020-00593-2" target="_blank" >https://www.nature.com/articles/s41393-020-00593-2</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41393-020-00593-2" target="_blank" >10.1038/s41393-020-00593-2</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Causes of death after spinal cord injury in the Czech Republic
Original language description
Study design A retrospective cohort study. Objectives To determine the causes of death in people with spinal cord injury (SCI) admitted to the Spinal Cord Unit (SCU) of the University Hospital Motol from 2004 to 2018. Setting University Hospital Motol, Prague. Methods From a cohort of people admitted to the SCU between 2004 and 2018, all deaths were identified based on the database of health insurance companies. The causes of death (ICD-10) were obtained from the Institute of Health Information and Statistics. The standardized mortality ratio (SMR) was calculated for most frequent causes of death. Results During the study period, 990 patients with acute SCI were admitted to the SCU, out of which 183 (18.5%) died. Thirty-five people who had SCI due to cancer were excluded from the study. The leading cause of death in the remaining 148 people was pneumonia, followed by cardiac complications, pulmonary embolism, suicide, and urinary tract infection (UTI). In the group of the individuals who died within 1 year after SCI (N = 41), the main causes of death were pneumonia and pulmonary embolism (17.1% each). Among individuals who survived up to1 year after SCI (N = 107), the most common causes of death were pneumonia (14%) and pressure injuries (12.1%). The cause-specific SMRs were significantly increased for UTI, embolism, pneumonia, and suicide. Conclusion The frequent causes of death in our study group were pressure injuries and suicides. These findings are fundamental to the development and implementation of preventive programs to reduce mortality and increase life expectancy.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
30304 - Public and environmental health
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju
Others
Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Spinal Cord
ISSN
1362-4393
e-ISSN
1476-5624
Volume of the periodical
59
Issue of the periodical within the volume
7
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
7
Pages from-to
814-820
UT code for WoS article
000607768400005
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85099200099