Comparative effectiveness of using computed tomography alone to exclude cervical spine injuries in obtunded or intubated patients: Meta-analysis of 14,327 patients with blunt trauma - A review

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 541-549

  Panczykowski, David M ^a   Tomycz, Nestor D ^a   Okonkwo, David O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blunt trauma; Cervical spine; Computed tomography; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

BLUNT TRAUMA; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTUBATION; META ANALYSIS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; INTUBATION; SPINAL INJURIES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 80052368085     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.4.JNS101672     Document Type: Review

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