Clinical clearance of the cervical spine in patients with distracting injuries: It is time to dispel the myth

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 498-502

  Rose, Melanie K ^a   Rosal, Lindy M ^a   Gonzalez, Richard P ^a   Rostas, Jack W ^a   Baker, Jeremy A ^a   Simmons, Jon D ^a   Frotan, Mohammed A ^a   Brevard, Sydney B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spine injury; clinical examination; CT scanning; distracting injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NECK INJURIES; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPINAL INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864575823     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3182587634     Document Type: Article

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