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Cervical Spine XRay in Acute Traumatic Injury

Aka: Cervical Spine XRay in Acute Traumatic Injury, Cervical Spine XRay, C-Spine XRay
  1. See Also
    1. Cervical Spine XRay in Disc Herniation
  2. Indications: XRay in Acute Traumatic Injury
    1. Strong indications
      1. Mental status less than alert or patient intoxicated
      2. Focal neurologic deficit
      3. Posterior midline neck tenderness
      4. Patient reports Neck Pain
    2. Other indications
      1. Distracting injury (extremity Fracture)
      2. Respiratory abnormality
      3. Neck spasm
  3. Protocol: XRay views - Acute Traumatic Injury
    1. CT C-Spine is largely replacing XRay in the U.S. for acute trauma in adults
    2. Cross-Table Lateral C-Spine film
      1. Sensitivity 80-90% of cervical Fractures
      2. Must be adequate prior to other views
    3. AP C-Spine
    4. Open Mouth Odontoid view
  4. Protocol: Confirmatory imaging
    1. Oblique C-Spine XRay (shows foramen)
    2. Flexion-Extension XRay
    3. CT C-Spine
    4. MRI C-Spine
  5. References
    1. Hoffman (2000) N Engl J Med 343:94-9

Radiography of cervical spine (C0203145)

Concepts Diagnostic Procedure (T060)
ICD10 58100-00
SnomedCT 145768001, 66769009, 168574005
English Radiography of cervical spine, NOS, X-ray of cervical spine, NOS, Diagnostic radiography, cervical spine, Cervical spine X-ray (procedure), C-spine x-ray, x-ray of cervical spine, x-ray of cervical spine (procedure), cervical spine x-ray, spine cervical x-ray, x-ray cervical spine, cervical spine radiography, cervical spine x rays, Radiography of cervical spine, Cervical spine X-ray, X-ray of cervical spine, Radiography of cervical spine (procedure), X-ray of the cervical spine, X-ray;spine;cervical
Dutch röntgenfoto van halswervel
French Radiographie du rachis cervical
German Roentgenaufnahme der Halswirbelsaeule
Italian Radiografia della colonna cervicale
Portuguese Raios X da coluna cervical
Spanish Radiografía de columna cervical, Cervical spine X-ray, radiografía de la columna cervical (procedimiento), radiografía de la columna cervical, rayos X de la columna cervical
Japanese 頚椎Ｘ線, ｹｲﾂｲXｾﾝ
Czech Rentgen krční páteře
Hungarian Nyaki gerinc röntgen
Sources
Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)


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