Computed tomography alone for cervical spine clearance in the unreliable patient - Are we there yet?

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 898-903

  Menaker, Jay ^a   Philp, Allan ^a   Boswell, Sharon ^a   Scalea, Thomas M ^a  

^a R ADAMS COWLEY SHOCK TRAUMA CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blunt trauma; Cervical spine; Computed tomography; MRI; Obtunded; Unreliable

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; BLUNT TRAUMA; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CLEARANCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVICE; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISEASE REGISTRY; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOTORCYCLE; NECK COLLAR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDESTRIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGEON; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 42049116921     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181674675     Document Type: Article

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