Prospective Validation of Modified NEXUS Cervical Spine Injury Criteria in Low-risk Elderly Fall Pat...

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" Prospective Validation of Modified NEXUS Cervical Spine Injury Criteria in Low-risk Elderly Fall Patients "
Tran, John; Jeanmonod, Donald; Agresti, Darin; Hamden, Khalief; Jeanmonod, Rebecca K.

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	933330
Doc. No	:	LA4mz4h5tk
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Tran, John; Jeanmonod, Donald; Agresti, Darin; Hamden, Khalief; Jeanmonod, Rebecca K.
Title & Author	:	Prospective Validation of Modified NEXUS Cervical Spine Injury Criteria in Low-risk Elderly Fall Patients [Article]\ Tran, John; Jeanmonod, Donald; Agresti, Darin; Hamden, Khalief; Jeanmonod, Rebecca K.
Title of Periodical	:	Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health
Volume/ Issue Number	:	17/3
Date	:	2016
Abstract	:	Introduction: The National Emergency X-radiography Utilization Study (NEXUS) criteria are used extensively in emergency departments to rule out C-spine injuries (CSI) in the general population. Although the NEXUS validation set included 2,943 elderly patients, multiple case reports and the Canadian C-Spine Rules question the validity of applying NEXUS to geriatric populations. The objective of this study was to validate a modified NEXUS criteria in a low-risk elderly fall population with two changes: a modified definition for distracting injury and the definition of normal mentation.