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Cervical spine collar clearance in the obtunded adult blunt trauma patient: a systematic review and practice management guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma.
The authors’ aims were to perform a systematic review and to develop evidence-based recommendations that might be used to direct decision making in the removal of a cervical collar from adult obtunded blunt trauma patients. In conclusion, they conditionally recommended cervical collar removal after a negative high-quality C-spine CT scan result alone.
AHRQ-funded; HS017952.
Citation: Patel MB, Humble SS, Cullinane DC .
Cervical spine collar clearance in the obtunded adult blunt trauma patient: a systematic review and practice management guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma.
J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2015 Feb;78(2):430-41. doi: 10.1097/ta.0000000000000503..
Keywords: Comparative Effectiveness, Evidence-Based Practice, Guidelines, Trauma, Decision Making