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==Diagnosis== | ==Diagnosis== | ||
[[X-ray]] of the cervical spine should be considered, especially if the patient fulfills criteria from the Canadian C-Spine Rule [[clinical prediction rule]]: <ref name="pmid14695411">{{cite journal |author=Stiell IG, Clement CM, McKnight RD, ''et al'' |title=The Canadian C-spine rule versus the NEXUS low-risk criteria in patients with trauma |journal=N. Engl. J. Med. |volume=349 |issue=26 |pages=2510–8 |year=2003 |month=December |pmid=14695411 |doi=10.1056/NEJMoa031375 |url=http://content.nejm.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=short&pmid=14695411&promo=ONFLNS19 |issn=}}</ref> | [[X-ray]] of the cervical spine should be considered, especially if the patient fulfills any criteria from the Canadian C-Spine Rule [[clinical prediction rule]]: <ref name="pmid14695411">{{cite journal |author=Stiell IG, Clement CM, McKnight RD, ''et al'' |title=The Canadian C-spine rule versus the NEXUS low-risk criteria in patients with trauma |journal=N. Engl. J. Med. |volume=349 |issue=26 |pages=2510–8 |year=2003 |month=December |pmid=14695411 |doi=10.1056/NEJMoa031375 |url=http://content.nejm.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=short&pmid=14695411&promo=ONFLNS19 |issn=}}</ref> | ||
* Age 65 years or more | |||
* [[Paresthesia]]s in extremities | |||
* Dngerous fall ("elevation >=3 ft or 5 stairs; an axial load to the head (e.g., diving); a motor vehicle collision at high speed (>100 km/hr) or with rollover or ejection; a collision involving a motorized recreational vehicle; or a bicycle collision") | |||
* Inability to rotate the neck 45° to the right and left | |||
** ''Only test if'' "simple rear-end motor vehicle collision, sitting position in ED, ambulatory at any time since injury, delayed onset of neck pain, or absence of midline C-spine tenderness"<ref name="pmid11597285">{{cite journal |author=Stiell IG, Wells GA, Vandemheen KL, ''et al'' |title=The Canadian C-spine rule for radiography in alert and stable trauma patients |journal=JAMA |volume=286 |issue=15 |pages=1841–8 |year=2001 |month=October |pmid=11597285 |doi= |url=http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=11597285 |issn=}}</ref> | |||
* [[Glasgow Coma Scale]] less than 15 (the Canadian C-Spine Rule was only designed for alert patients) | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Revision as of 00:44, 9 February 2009
In medicine, neck injuries are "general or unspecified injuries to the neck. It includes injuries to the skin, muscles, and other soft tissues of the neck.'[1]
Diagnosis
X-ray of the cervical spine should be considered, especially if the patient fulfills any criteria from the Canadian C-Spine Rule clinical prediction rule: [2]
- Age 65 years or more
- Paresthesias in extremities
- Dngerous fall ("elevation >=3 ft or 5 stairs; an axial load to the head (e.g., diving); a motor vehicle collision at high speed (>100 km/hr) or with rollover or ejection; a collision involving a motorized recreational vehicle; or a bicycle collision")
- Inability to rotate the neck 45° to the right and left
- Only test if "simple rear-end motor vehicle collision, sitting position in ED, ambulatory at any time since injury, delayed onset of neck pain, or absence of midline C-spine tenderness"[3]
- Glasgow Coma Scale less than 15 (the Canadian C-Spine Rule was only designed for alert patients)
References
- ↑ Anonymous (2024), Neck injury (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- ↑ Stiell IG, Clement CM, McKnight RD, et al (December 2003). "The Canadian C-spine rule versus the NEXUS low-risk criteria in patients with trauma". N. Engl. J. Med. 349 (26): 2510–8. DOI:10.1056/NEJMoa031375. PMID 14695411. Research Blogging.
- ↑ Stiell IG, Wells GA, Vandemheen KL, et al (October 2001). "The Canadian C-spine rule for radiography in alert and stable trauma patients". JAMA 286 (15): 1841–8. PMID 11597285. [e]