Injuries missed by limited computed tomographic imaging of patients with cervical spine injuries

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 129-133

  Barrett, Tyler W ^a   Mower, William R ^a   Zucker, Michael I ^b   Hoffman, Jerome R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; SPINAL INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 31044436650     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2005.07.005     Document Type: Article

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