Clinical clearance of the cervical spine in blunt trauma patients younger than 3 years: A multi-center study of the american association for the surgery of trauma

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 543-549

  Masiakos, Peter T ^a   Pieretti Vanmarcke, Rafael ^a   Velmahos, George C ^a   Nance, Michael L ^t   Islam, Saleem ^j   Falcone, Richard A ^b   Wales, Paul W ^g   Brown, Rebeccah L ^b   Gaines, Barbara A ^k   McKenna, Christine ^k   Moore, Forrest O ^d   Goslar, Pamela W ^d   Inaba, Kenji ^e   Barmparas, Galinos ^e   Scaife, Eric R ^v   Metzger, Ryan R ^v   Brockmeyer, Douglas L ^v   Upperman, Jeffrey S ^f   Estrada, Joaquin ^f   Lanning, David A ^m   Rasmussen, Sara K ^m   Danielson, Paul D ^l   Hirsh, Michael P ^l   Consani, Heitor F X ⁿ   Stylianos, Steven ^h   Pineda, Candace ^h   Norwood, Scott H ⁱ   Bruch, Steven W ^p   Drongowski, Robert ^p   Barraco, Robert D ^o   Pasquale, Michael D ^o   Hussain, Farheen ^o   Hirsch, Erwin F ^c   McNeely, P Daniel ^q   Fallat, Mary E ^r   Foley, David S ^r   Iocono, Joseph A ^s   Bennett, Heather M ^s   Waxman, Kenneth ^u   Kam, Kelly ^u   Bakhos, Lisa ^a   Petrovick, Laurie ^w   Chang, Yuchiao ^a   more..

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^g HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^h MIAMI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ EAST TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^k CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^m VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁿ Division of General Surgery   (Brazil)

^o LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^q IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^r University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^s UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^t CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^u SANTA BARBARA COTTAGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^v PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^w NONE

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Author keywords

Cervical spine injury; Clinical decision rules; Outcomes; Pediatric trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE INJURY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMPLICATIONS; DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INJURIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 70449095289     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181b57aa1     Document Type: Article

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