Patients with falls from standing height and head or neck injury may not require body CT in the absence of signs or symptoms of body injury - Baig A, Drabkin MJ, Khan F, Fogel J, Shah S.

PURPOSE: To determine the rate of clinically impactful body injury among patients who had a fall from standing height with an associated head/neck injury, but without evidence of body injury on physical exam or plain radiographs. We also examine surgical/e...
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