Cervical immobilisation in elderly patients with a suspected cervical spine fracture: a retrospective study

Eur J Emerg Med. 2023 Jun 1;30(3):202-204. doi: 10.1097/MEJ.0000000000000994. Epub 2023 Apr 24.

Authors

Christopher Manville¹, Sian Edwards², Ben Bloom^{3

4}, Nicholas Moore⁵

Affiliations

¹ Emergency Department, Homerton University Hospital.
² Emergency Department, Whipps Cross Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust.
³ Emergency Department, Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust.
⁴ Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London.
⁵ Emergency Department, Bristol Royal Infirmary, University Hospital Bristol and Weston NHS Trust, Bristol, UK.

PMID: 37103897
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0000000000000994

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Cervical Vertebrae / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Immobilization*
Neck*
Retrospective Studies