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Does applying the Canadian Cervical Spine rule reduce cervical spine radiography rates in alert patients with blunt trauma to the neck? A retrospective analysis

BACKGROUND: A cautious outlook towards neck injuries has been the norm to avoid missing cervical spine injuries. Consequently there has been an increased use of cervical spine radiography. The Canadian Cervical Spine rule was proposed to reduce unnecessary use of cervical spine radiography in alert...

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Autores principales: Rethnam, Ulfin, Yesupalan, Rajam, Gandham, Giri
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2442046/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18557998
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2342-8-12