A systematic review of the need for MRI for the clearance of cervical spine injury in obtunded blunt trauma patients after normal cervical spine CT

Clearance of cervical spine injury (CSI) in the obtunded or comatose blunt trauma patient remains controversial. In patients with unreliable physical examination and no evidence of CSI on computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging of the cervical spine (CS-MRI) is the typical follow-up stu...

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Published in:	Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock
Main Authors:	Iyore AO James, Ahmad Moukalled, Elizabeth Yu, David B Tulman, Sergio D Bergese, Christian D Jones, Stanislaw PA Stawicki, David C Evans
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-01-01
Subjects:	Blunt trauma cervical spine CT and MRI obtunded
Online Access:	http://www.onlinejets.org/article.asp?issn=0974-2700;year=2014;volume=7;issue=4;spage=251;epage=255;aulast=James