Routine cervical spine radiography for trauma victims: Does everybody need it?

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 529-534

  Edwards, Michael J R ^a   Frankema, Sander P G ^b   Kruit, Mark C ^c   Bode, Paul J ^a,c   Breslau, Paul J ^a,c   Van Vugt, Arie B ^b,d  

^a Red Cross Hospital Den Haag   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Department of General Surgery and Traumatology ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cervical spine injury; Clinical pathway; Radiography; Triage

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0035086754     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200103000-00019     Document Type: Article

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