'Clearance' of cervical spine injury in the obtunded patient.
The need to exclude cervical spine injury ('clearance') in an obtunded patient poses a dilemma. The purpose of this study was to find out the current practices for tackling this situation around the country. A questionnaire was sent to all Intensive Care Units who accept injured patients....
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| description | The need to exclude cervical spine injury ('clearance') in an obtunded patient poses a dilemma. The purpose of this study was to find out the current practices for tackling this situation around the country. A questionnaire was sent to all Intensive Care Units who accept injured patients. There is a great diversity in the management and investigation of these patients. There is clearly a need for a recognised protocol for dealing with this difficult situation. Such a protocol is suggested. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:b71b3388-2e0e-4136-aadb-cb7041bead6a2022-03-27T04:46:03Z'Clearance' of cervical spine injury in the obtunded patient.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:b71b3388-2e0e-4136-aadb-cb7041bead6aEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford1998Lockey, AHandley, RWillett, KThe need to exclude cervical spine injury ('clearance') in an obtunded patient poses a dilemma. The purpose of this study was to find out the current practices for tackling this situation around the country. A questionnaire was sent to all Intensive Care Units who accept injured patients. There is a great diversity in the management and investigation of these patients. There is clearly a need for a recognised protocol for dealing with this difficult situation. Such a protocol is suggested. |
| spellingShingle | Lockey, A Handley, R Willett, K 'Clearance' of cervical spine injury in the obtunded patient. |
| title | 'Clearance' of cervical spine injury in the obtunded patient. |
| title_full | 'Clearance' of cervical spine injury in the obtunded patient. |
| title_fullStr | 'Clearance' of cervical spine injury in the obtunded patient. |
| title_full_unstemmed | 'Clearance' of cervical spine injury in the obtunded patient. |
| title_short | 'Clearance' of cervical spine injury in the obtunded patient. |
| title_sort | clearance of cervical spine injury in the obtunded patient |
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