Traumatic cervical spine injuries: characteristics of missed injuries

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 151-155

  Rana, Ankur R ^a   Drongowski, Robert ^a   Breckner, Gretchen ^b   Ehrlich, Peter F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Pediatric; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTUBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 58149518140     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2008.10.024     Document Type: Article

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