Canadian C-Spine Rule study for alert and stable trauma patients: I. Background and rationale

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 84-90

  Stiell, Ian G ^a   Wells, George A ^b   McKnight, R Douglas ^b   Brison, Robert ^b   Lesiuk, Howard ^b   Clement, Catherine M ^b   Eisenhauer, Mary A ^b   Greenberg, Gary H ^b   MacPhail, Iain ^b   Reardon, Mark ^b   Worthington, James ^b   Verbeek, Richard ^b   Dreyer, Jonathan ^b   Cass, Daniel ^b   Schull, Michael ^b   Morrison, Laurie ^b   Rowe, Brian ^b   Holroyd, Brian ^b   Bandiera, Glen ^b   Laupacis, Andreas ^b  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cervical spine injuries; Decision rules; Radiography

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042593558     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1481803500006175     Document Type: Review

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