9. Cervical Spine Fractures in Older Adults

  1. Jesse M. Pines1,2,
  2. Christopher R. Carpenter3,4,
  3. Ali S. Raja5,
  4. Jeremiah D. Schuur5

Published Online: 8 NOV 2012

DOI: 10.1002/9781118482117.ch9

Book Title

Evidence-Based Emergency Care: Diagnostic Testing and Clinical Decision Rules, Second Edition

Evidence-Based Emergency Care: Diagnostic Testing and Clinical Decision Rules, Second Edition

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How to Cite

Pines, J. M., Carpenter, C. R., Raja, A. S. and Schuur, J. D. (2012) Cervical Spine Fractures in Older Adults, in Evidence-Based Emergency Care: Diagnostic Testing and Clinical Decision Rules, Second Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781118482117.ch9

Author Information

  1. 1

    Center for Healthcare Quality, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA

  2. 2

    Emergency Medicine and Health Policy, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA

  3. 3

    Evidence Based Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA

  4. 4

    Division of Emergency Medicine, Barnes Jewish Hospital, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA

  5. 5

    Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 8 NOV 2012
  2. Published Print: 7 NOV 2012

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780470657836

Online ISBN: 9781118482117

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Keywords:

  • older adults, and cervical spine fractures;
  • anatomic and physiologic, and the older patients;
  • C-spine, osteopenia/osteophytes as predisposing factors;
  • clinical decision rule, for older adults with C-spine injury;
  • the NEXUS low-risk criteria;
  • the NEXUS criteria performance for 80 years/and older;
  • clinical prediction rule, for C-spine fractures in the elderly;
  • definitions for clinical prediction rule;
  • older patients, sustaining C-spine injuries from trauma;
  • the Canadian C-spine rules, and age criterion

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Background

  • Clinical question

  • Comments

  • References

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