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''C-spine imaging indicated unless pt meets all the above''
''C-spine imaging indicated unless pt meets all the above''


===Canadian C-spine===
===Canadian C-spine=== <ref> Stiell IG,et al. The Canadian C-spine rule for radiography in alert and stable trauma patients. JAMA. 2001 Oct 17;286(15):1841-8. </ref> <ref> Stiell IG, et al. The Canadian C-spine rule versus the NEXUS low-risk criteria in patients with trauma. N Engl J Med. 2003;349(26):2510-8. </ref><br />
 
* alert, GCS 15
* not intoxicated
* no distracting injuries
* not a high risk pt (not > 65, no dangerous mechanism, paresthesias)
* any low risk factor present
**sitting position in ED, ambulatory at any time, delayed neck pain, no midline TTP
*able to actively rotate neck 45 degrees bilaterally
 
''C-spine can be cleared clinically if above criteria met''


==Workup==
==Workup==

Revisión del 03:05 3 sep 2015

Background

  • US and Canada with more than 13 million trauma pts per year at risk for C-spine injury
  • Most blunt trauma patients will be placed in a cervical collar by EMS to protect the C-spine
  • C-spine can be clinically cleared by trained personnel

Clinical Features

Decision Rules

===NEXUS===[1] [2]

The Nexus Low Risk Criteria

  • No posterior midline cervical spine tenderness
  • No evidence of intoxication
  • A normal level of alertness
  • No focal neurological deficits
  • No painful distracting injuries

C-spine imaging indicated unless pt meets all the above

===Canadian C-spine=== [3] [4]

  • alert, GCS 15
  • not intoxicated
  • no distracting injuries
  • not a high risk pt (not > 65, no dangerous mechanism, paresthesias)
  • any low risk factor present
    • sitting position in ED, ambulatory at any time, delayed neck pain, no midline TTP
  • able to actively rotate neck 45 degrees bilaterally

C-spine can be cleared clinically if above criteria met

Workup

Management

Disposition

See Also

External Links

References

  1. 27. Hoffman JR, et al. Low-risk criteria for cervical-spine radiography in blunt trauma: a prospective study. Ann Emerg Med 1992;21:1454-60.
  2. Mahadevan, et al. Interrater reliability of cervical spine injury criteria inpatients with blunt trauma. Ann Emerg Med1998;31:197-201
  3. Stiell IG,et al. The Canadian C-spine rule for radiography in alert and stable trauma patients. JAMA. 2001 Oct 17;286(15):1841-8.
  4. Stiell IG, et al. The Canadian C-spine rule versus the NEXUS low-risk criteria in patients with trauma. N Engl J Med. 2003;349(26):2510-8.