Screening cervical spine CT in the emergency department, phase 2: A prospective assessment of use

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 899-903

  Griffith, B ^a   Kelly, M ^a   Vallee, P ^b   Slezak, M ^b   Nagarwala, J ^b   Krupp, S ^b   Loeckner, C P ^b   Schultz, L R ^c   Jain, R ^a,d  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Departments of Anesthesiology and Emergency Medicine   (United States)

^c Departments of Public Health Sciences   (United States)

^d HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; BLUNT TRAUMA; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK PAIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIOLOGIST; REVIEW; SCREENING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NECK INJURIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA CENTERS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876703522     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A3306     Document Type: Review

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