RT Book, Section
A1 Leonard, Julie Catherine
A1 Leonard, Jeffrey Russell
A2 Schafermeyer, Robert
A2 Tenenbein, Milton
A2 Macias, Charles G.
A2 Sharieff, Ghazala Q.
A2 Yamamoto, Loren G.
SR Print(0)
ID 1105681060
T1 Cervical Spine Injury
T2 Strange and Schafermeyer's Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 4e
YR 2014
FD 2014
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-182926-7
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1105681060
RD 2024/04/19
AB Suspect  cervical  spine  injury  in  any  child  who  has  suffered  traumatic  respiratory  arrest  and  perform  rapid  sequence  orotracheal  intubation  with  in-line  cervical  spine  stabilization.Because  of  differences  in  anatomy  and  physiology,  children  sustain  proportionally  more  upper  cervical  spine  and  spinal  cord  injury  without  radiographic  abnormality  (SCIWORA)  injuries  compared  with  adults.CT  scan  is  more  sensitive  for  bony  injury,  and  MRI  for  soft-tissue  injury.Although  spine  immobilization  is  indicated  when  cervical  spine  injury  is  suspected,  complications  can  occur.  Decisions  to  immobilize  should  target  those  at  greatest  risk  for  cervical  spine  injury.