Factors associated with the use of cervical spine computed tomography imaging in pediatric trauma patients

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 905-911

  Mannix, Rebekah ^a   Nigrovic, Lise E ^a   Schutzman, Sara A ^a   Hennelly, Kara ^a   Bourgeois, Florence T ^a   Meehan, William P ^a   Fleisher, Gary ^a   Monuteaux, Michael ^a   Lee, Lois K ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IMAGING; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA BASE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; CERVICAL SPINE; INJURY; RADIOGRAPHY; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SPINE INJURY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PEDIATRICS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 80052692032     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2011.01154.x     Document Type: Article

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