PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Cunningham, Muriel
ED  - Mahadevan, Swaminatha
TI  - Best Practices in Evaluating Cervical Spine Injury
DP  - 2014  01
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 20--21
VI  - 14
IP  - 46
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/14/46/20.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/14/46/20.full
AB  - Trauma patients must be evaluated for spinal injuries in an efficient manner. However, cervical spine (C-spine) imaging can be time-consuming, costly, and painful, and exposes the patient to radiation. This article reviewS current strategies to optimize decision making when evaluating patients with possible C-spine injuries.