The Canadian C-Spine rule performs better than unstructured physician judgment

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 395-402

  Bandiera, Glen ^a,f   Stiell, Ian G ^b   Wells, George A ^b   Clement, Catherine ^b   De Maio, Valerie ^b   Vandemheen, Katherine L ^b   Greenberg, Gary H ^b   Lesiuk, Howard ^b   Brison, Robert ^c   Cass, Daniel ^a   Dreyer, Jonathan ^d   Eisenhauer, Mary A ^d   MacPhail, Iain ^e   McKnight, R Douglas ^e   Morrison, Laurie ^a   Reardon, Mark ^b   Schull, Michael ^a   Worthington, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CANADIAN C SPINE RULE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0041629632     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(03)00422-0     Document Type: Article

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