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Clinical Clearance of the Cervical Spine in Blunt Trauma Patients Younger Than 3 Years: A Multi-Center Study of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma

Rafael Pieretti‐Vanmarcke, George C. Velmahos, Michael L. Nance, Saleem Islam, Richard A. Falcone, Paul W. Wales, Rebeccah L. Brown, Barbara A. Gaines, Christine McKenna, Forrest O. Moore,

The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care · 2009 · 111 citations · 36 references

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Abstract

CSI in patients younger than 3 years is uncommon. Four simple clinical predictors can be used in conjunction to the physical examination to substantially reduce the use of radiographic imaging in this patient population.

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David J. Brenner, Carl D. Elliston, Eric J. Hall et al. · American Journal of Roentgenology · 2001 · 3.2K citations

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Jerome R. Hoffman, William R. Mower, Allan B. Wolfson et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 2000 · 1.3K citations

The Canadian C-Spine Rule for Radiography in Alert and Stable Trauma Patients

Ian G. Stiell · JAMA · 2001 · 1.3K citations

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Donald A. Pierce, Yukiko Shimizu, Dale L. Preston et al. · Radiation Research · 1996 · 938 citations

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