Paediatric cervical spine injury but NEXUS negative

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 676-

  Maxwell, Melanie J ^a   Jardine, Andrew D ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE REDUCTION; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TRACTION THERAPY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT EQUIPMENT; SPINAL FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34548356778     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2007.046912     Document Type: Article

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