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Are upright lateral cervical radiographs in the obtunded trauma patient useful? A retrospective study

BACKGROUND: The best method for radiographic "clearance" of the cervical spine in obtunded patients prior to removal of cervical immobilization devices remains debated. Dynamic radiographs or MRI are thought to demonstrate unstable injuries, but can be expensive and cumbersome to obtain. A...

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Autores principales: Rabb, Craig H, Johnson, Jeffrey L, VanSickle, David, Beauchamp, Kathryn, Bolles, Gene, Moore, Ernest E
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1802734/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17288614
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-7922-2-4