Adequacy and efficacy of lateral cervical spine radiography in alert, high-risk blunt trauma patient

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 952-958

  Zabel, David D ^a   Tinkoff, Glen ^a,b   Wittenborn, William ^a   Ballard, Kay ^a   Fulda, Gerard ^a  

^a MEDICAL CENTER OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b CHRISTIANA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BLUNT TRAUMA; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0031461441     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199712000-00015     Document Type: Article

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