Thoracolumbar fracture in blunt trauma: Is clinical exam enough for awake patients?

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 168-171

  Sava, Jack ^a   Williams, Michael D ^b   Kennedy, Susan ^b   Wang, Dennis ^b  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Washington Hospital Center ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; BRACE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DROWSINESS; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICARE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROTOXICITY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CODING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REIMBURSEMENT; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SYMPTOM; THORACOLUMBAR FRACTURE; THOUGHT DISORDER; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; WAKEFULNESS; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 33746266832     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000220394.83530.03     Document Type: Article

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