False-negative plain cervical spine X-rays in blunt trauma

American Surgeon

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1010-1014

  Besman, Anatole ^a   Kaban, Jody ^b   Jacobs, Lenworth ^c   Jacobs, Lenworth M ^c  

^a HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINE FRACTURE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0642369213     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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