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ArticleJournal of neurotrauma2017

Geomapping of Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury in Canada and Factors Related to Triage Pattern.

Christiana L Cheng, Vanessa K Noonan, Jayson Shurgold, Jason Chen, Carly S Rivers, Hamid Khaleghi Hamedani, Suzanne Humphreys, Christopher S Bailey, Najmedden Attabib, Jean-Marc Mac Thiong and 7 more

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Article in Journal of neurotrauma, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Christiana L ChengRick Hansen Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Vanessa K NoonanRick Hansen Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Jayson ShurgoldRick Hansen Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Jason ChenRick Hansen Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Carly S RiversRick Hansen Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Hamid Khaleghi HamedaniRick Hansen Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Suzanne HumphreysRick Hansen Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Christopher S BaileyDivision of Orthopaedics, Department of Surgery, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
Najmedden AttabibHorizon Health Network, Dalhousie University, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
Jean-Marc Mac ThiongDepartment of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Michael GoytanSections of Orthopedics and Neurosurgery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Jerome PaquetSciences Neurologiques, Université Laval, Québec, Quebec, Canada.
Richard FoxFaculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Division of Neurosurgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Henry AhnUniversity of Toronto Spine Program, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Brian K KwonDepartment of Orthopaedics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Daryl R FourneyDivision of Neurosurgery, University of Saskatchewan, Royal University Hospital, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
RHSCIR Network
Praxis Spinal Cord Institute · CARoyal University Hospital · CAUniversité de Montréal · CAUniversity of British Columbia · CAUniversity of Toronto · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Current research indicates that more than half of patients with traumatic spinal cord injury (tSCI) experience delays in transfer and receive surgery >24 h post-injury. The objectives of this study were to determine the geographic distribution of tSCI in Canada relative to specialized treatment facilities, to assess clinical and logistical factors at play for indirect admissions to those facilities, and to explore differences in current time to admission and simulated scenarios in an attempt to assess the potential impact of changes to triage protocols. This study included data from 876 patients with tSCI enrolled in the prospectively collected acute Rick Hansen Spinal Cord Injury Registry (RHSCIR) between January 1, 2010 and December 31, 2013 for whom there were data on the location of their injury. Patients transported directly to a RHSCIR acute facility were more likely to reach the facility within 1 h of injury, whereas those transported indirectly were more likely to arrive 7 h later. Considering the injuries occurring within 40 km of a RHSCIR acute facility (

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acute SCIgeographic information scienceSCI centertrauma centertriage

Identifiers

PMID28325105
PMCPMC5652977
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