Cervical spine magnetic resonance imaging in alert, neurologically intact trauma patients with persistent midline tenderness and negative computed tomography results

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 521-530

  Ackland, Helen M ^a,e   Cameron, Peter A ^a,b,e   Varma, Dinesh K ^c,f   Fitt, Gregory J ^f,g   Cooper, D James ^c,d   Wolfe, Rory ^e   Malham, Gregory M ^c,f   Rosenfeld, Jeffrey V ^a,c,f   Williamson, Owen D ^e   Liew, Susan M ^c  

^a NATIONAL TRAUMA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b Emergency and Trauma Centre   (Australia)

^c Department of Radiology ^*  (Australia)

^d Intensive Care Department   (Australia)

^e ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; SOFT TISSUE; SPINAL CORD; SPINE; SPINE FRACTURE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81555195195     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2011.06.008     Document Type: Article

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