The effect of rigid cervical collars on internal jugular vein dimensions

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 100-102

  Stone, Michael B ^a   Tubridy, Catherine M ^a   Curran, Robert ^a  

^a KINGS COUNTY HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical collar; Internal jugular vein; Intracranial pressure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; JUGULAR VEINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75449086369     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2009.00624.x     Document Type: Article

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