BACKGROUND With the use of the framework advocated by the Grading of
Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) Working Group, our …

Object Diagnosis of cervical spinal injury (CSI) is an essential aspect of the trauma
evaluation. This task is especially difficult in patients who are not clinically able to be …

Background: Injury to the cervical spine (CS) is common after major trauma. The Eastern
Association for the Surgery of Trauma first published its Practice Management Guidelines for …

Acute traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) affects more than 250,000 people in the USA, with
approximately 17,000 new cases each year. It continues to be one of the most significant …

The evaluation of patients with suspected spine trauma is controversial. This document
addresses several pertinent issues:(1) which patients need imaging,(2) how much imaging …

• In the awake, asymptomatic patient who is without neck pain or tenderness, who has a
normal neurological examination, is without an injury detracting from an accurate evaluation …

Background: Cervical (C)-spine clearance protocols exist both to identify traumatic injury
and to expedite rigid collar removal. Computed tomography (CT) of the C-spine in trauma …

“Spinal Cord Injury without Radiographic Abnormality”(SCIWORA) is a term that denotes
objective clinical signs of posttraumatic spinal cord injury without evidence of fracture or …

Injuries to the cervical and thoracolumbar spine are commonly encountered in trauma
patients presenting for treatment. Cervical spine injuries occur in 3% to 4% and …

Study Design. Retrospective medical record and electronic database audit to ascertain the
incidence and predictors of cervical collar-related decubitus ulceration (CRU). Objective. To …