Evaluation of blunt cervical spine injury

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 823-828

  Sciubba, Daniel M ^a   Petteys, Rory J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blunt; Cervical; Diagnosis; Management; Spine; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLUNT TRAUMA; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIAL NERVE; DEPRESSION; FLUOROSCOPY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MOOD DISORDER; NECK PAIN; NEUROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADICULITIS; RADIOLOGY; SLEEP DISORDER; SURGEON; ALGORITHM; CERVICAL SPINE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; INJURY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

ALGORITHMS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 68849123401     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181abe14e     Document Type: Article

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