Ligamentous injuries of the cervical spine in unreliable blunt trauma patients: Incidence, evaluation, and outcome

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 457-464

  Chiu, William C ^a,c   Haan, James M ^a   Cushing, Brad M ^b   Kramer, Mary E ^a   Scalea, Thomas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c R ADAMS COWLEY SHOCK TRAUMA CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blunt trauma; Cervical spine clearance; Cervical spine injury; Practice management guidelines; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; BLUNT TRAUMA; CERVICAL SPINE DISLOCATION; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; FRACTURE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; LIGAMENT INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SUBLUXATION; SURVIVAL; VERTEBRA DISLOCATION;

EID: 0035081783     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200103000-00009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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