Open AccessAssessment of ultrasound as a diagnostic modality for detecting potentially unstable cervical spine fractures in pediatric severe traumatic brain injury: A feasibility study
Author(s) -
Deepak Agrawal,
TejPrakash Sinha,
Sanjeev Bhoi
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of pediatric neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.247
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1998-3948
pISSN - 1817-1745
DOI - 10.4103/1817-1745.159196
Subject(s) - medicine , cervical spine , ultrasound , glasgow coma scale , emergency department , pediatric trauma , cervical spine injury , surgery , radiology , poison control , injury prevention , emergency medicine , psychiatry
Early cervical spine clearance is extremely important in unconscious trauma patients and may be difficult to achieve in emergency setting.
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