EBMcalc Medical Calculator

Cervical Spine Injury Prediction in Blunt Trauma

The EBMcalc module Cervical Spine Injury Prediction in Blunt Trauma is available in EBMcalc Complete Edition.

This calculator evaluates the following Clinical Criteria:

Midline cervical tenderness
Focal neurologic deficit
Altered alertness
Intoxication
Painful, distracting injury

References

Bloch R. Absence of 5 clinical criteria ruled out cervical spine injury in blunt trauma in the emergency department. ACP J Club. 2001 Mar-Apr;134:75.
Hoffman JR, Mower WR, Wolfson AB, et al. Validity of a set of clinical criteria to rule out injury to the cervical spine in patients with blunt trauma. National Emergency X-Radiography Utilization Study Group. N Engl J Med. 2000 Jul 13;343(2):94-9. Erratum in: N Engl J Med 2001 Feb 8;344(6):464. PubMed ID: 10891516

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