Journal article
Cervical spine clearance in obtunded patients after blunt traumatic injury: a systematic review.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Cervical spine clearance protocols are controversial for unconscious patients after blunt traumatic injury and negative findings on computed tomography (CT).
PURPOSE: To review evidence about the utility of different cervical spine clearance protocols in excluding significant cervical spine injury after negative CT results in obtunded adults with blunt traumatic injury.
Authors
Badhiwala JH; Lai CK; Alhazzani W; Farrokhyar F; Nassiri F; Meade M; Mansouri A; Sne N; Aref M; Murty N
Journal
Annals of Internal Medicine, Vol. 162, No. 6, pp. 429–437
Publisher
American College of Physicians
Publication Date
March 17, 2015
DOI
10.7326/m14-2351
ISSN
1056-8751