Evolving standards of practice for cervical spine imaging in trauma: A retrospective review

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 420-425

  Jones, C ^a   Jazayeri, F ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Imaging; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 34548439391     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: 14401673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2007.01863.x     Document Type: Article

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