Since its introduction in 1992, the National Emergency X-Radiography Utilization Study
(NEXUS) criteria have been used in trauma to decide whether a patient requires …

Owing to physiologic and biomechanical differences, the incidence, patterns, distributions,
and mechanisms of spinal injury in children differ from those in adults. Furthermore …

Background Cervical spine injuries in children are uncommon but potentially devastating;
however, indiscriminate neck imaging after trauma unnecessarily exposes children to …

Abstract The American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma (ACS-COT), American
College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), and the National Association of EMS Physicians …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Pediatric cervical spine injuries (CSIs) are rare and differ
from adult CSIs. Our objective was to describe CSIs in a large, representative cohort of …

Materials and Methods Working Group The PCSCWG is a multidisciplinary panel of
fellowshiptrained physicians with experience in pediatric cervical spine trauma care who …

Importance There is variability in practice and imaging usage to diagnose cervical spine
injury (CSI) following blunt trauma in pediatric patients. Objective To develop a prediction …

Background Pediatric cervical spine injury (CSI) after blunt trauma is rare. Nonetheless,
missing these injuries can have severe consequences. To prevent the overuse of …

Cervical trauma in children have variations from the adults mainly due to anatomic
differences. An optimal diagnostic and treatment strategy is critical, particularly when there is …

BACKGROUND: Adult prediction rules for cervical spine injury (CSI) exist; however,
pediatric rules do not. Our objectives were to determine test accuracies of retrospectively …