The utility of magnetic resonance imaging in pediatric trauma patients suspected of having cervical spine injuries
CONCLUSION
In pediatric trauma patients suspected of having a CSI, a normal cervical spine CT is sufficient to rule out a clinically significant CSI as no child with a normal cervical CT was found to be radiographically or clinically unstable.
LEVEL OF EVIDENCE
Diagnostic Test, level III.
Source: The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care - Category: Orthopaedics Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLES Source Type: research