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A review of 166 consecutive male, traumatic tetraplegic patients over the past 11 years was made. The incidence of acute death and the rate of death of patients who have survived the first year after injury were studied. Respiratory infection appears to be the commonest cause of death amongst tetraplegic patients. There were no deaths among those tetraplegics who have survived at least six years after injury.
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Ravichandran, G., Silver, J. Survival following traumatic tetraplegia. Spinal Cord 20, 264–269 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.1982.48
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