Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 5 , Pages 603-610 , May 2006

Evaluation of Selected Laboratory Components of a Comprehensive Periodic Health Evaluation for Veterans With Spinal Cord Injury and Disorders

Presented in part to the Harvard School of Public Health, August 11, 2004, Boston, MA.

  • Howard Choi, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Spinal Cord Injury Service, VA Boston Healthcare System, West Roxbury, MA
    • Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School/Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, MA
    • Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Howard Choi, MD, MPH, Dept of Rehabilitation Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029.
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  • David S. Binder, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
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  • Marjorie L. Oropilla, MD

      Affiliations

    • Spinal Cord Injury Service, VA Boston Healthcare System, West Roxbury, MA
    • Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School/Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, MA
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  • Ervin E. Bernotus, MD

      Affiliations

    • Spinal Cord Injury Service, VA Boston Healthcare System, West Roxbury, MA
    • Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School/Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, MA
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  • Deniz Konya, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
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  • Maura A. Nee, MSN, RN, ANP

      Affiliations

    • Spinal Cord Injury Service, VA Boston Healthcare System, West Roxbury, MA
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  • Elizabeth A. Tammaro, BSN, RN, CRRN

      Affiliations

    • Spinal Cord Injury Service, VA Boston Healthcare System, West Roxbury, MA
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  • Sunil Sabharwal, MD

      Affiliations

    • Spinal Cord Injury Service, VA Boston Healthcare System, West Roxbury, MA
    • Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School/Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, MA

  • Image Result

    Scatterplots of laboratory test values versus age with univariate regression lines and 95% confidence interval bands and locally weighted regression curves of laboratory test values versus age by SCI/

    Scatterplots of laboratory test values versus age with univariate regression lines and 95% confidence interval bands and locally weighted regression curves of laboratory test values versus age by SCI/D severity category; VA BHCS reference ranges in parentheses.

 Supported by the Department of Veterans Affairs/Harvard Medical School Advanced Spinal Cord Injury Fellowship.The views expressed herein are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of any of the affiliated institutions or sponsoring organization.No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the author(s) or upon any organization with which the author(s) is/are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(06)00101-8

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.02.001

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 5 , Pages 603-610 , May 2006

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