Retrospective Application of the NEXUS Low-Risk Criteria for Cervical Spine Radiography in Canadian Emergency Departments

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 507-514

  Dickinson, Garth ^a   Stiell, Ian G ^a,f   Schull, Michael ^b   Brison, Robert ^c   Clement, Catherine M ^a   Vandemheen, Katherine L ^a   Cass, Daniel ^b   McKnight, Douglas ^d   Greenberg, Gary ^a   Worthington, James R ^a   Reardon, Mark ^a   Morrison, Laurie ^b   Eisenhauer, Mary A ^e   Dreyer, Jonathan ^e   Wells, George A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^f OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 12144287607     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2003.10.036     Document Type: Article

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