Prospective Validation of Modified NEXUS Cervical Spine Injury Criteria in Low-risk Elderly Fall Patients

INTRODUCTION: The National Emergency X-radiography Utilization Study (NEXUS) criteria are used extensively in emergency departments to rule out C-spine injuries (CSI) in the general population. Although the NEXUS validation set included 2,943 elderly patients, multiple case reports and the Canadian...

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Autores principales: Tran, John, Jeanmonod, Donald, Agresti, Darin, Hamden, Khalief, Jeanmonod, Rebecca K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine 2016
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Treatment Protocol Assessment
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4899054/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27330655
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2016.3.29702

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4899054/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27330655
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2016.3.29702

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