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Cervical spine evaluation in the bluntly injured patient.
Int J Surg
September 2016
Division of Burn/Trauma/Critical Care, UT Southwestern Medical Center Parkland Memorial Hospital Dallas, Texas, United States. Electronic address:
Background: Cervical spine injuries causing spinal cord trauma are rare in blunt trauma yet lead to devastating morbidity and mortality when they occur. There exists considerable debate in the literature about the best way for clinicians to proceed in ruling out cervical spine injuries in alert or obtunded blunt trauma patients.
Methods: We reviewed the current literature and practice management guidelines to generate clinical recommendations for the detection and clearance of cervical spine injuries in the blunt trauma patient.