Disproportionate use in minor trauma is driving emergency department cervical spine imaging: an injury severity score-based analysis - Khaja A, Horn ý M, Balthazar P, Hanna TN, Harkey P, Villalobos A, Duszak RJ.

PURPOSE: Clinical practice guidelines intended to reduce unnecessary cervical spine imaging have yielded mixed results. We aimed to assess evolving emergency department (ED) cervical spine imaging utilization in patients with trauma by injury severity. ...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news