Developing a spinal clearance protocol for unconscious pediatric trauma patients

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 681-686

  Hutchings, Lynn ^a   Atijosan, Oluwarantimi ^a   Burgess, Chris ^a   Willett, Keith ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clearance; Obtunded; Pediatric; Spinal injury; Trauma; Unconscious

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTUBATION; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CLEARANCE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE INJURY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THORACIC SPINE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 72449208096     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181a5f0ed     Document Type: Article

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