Pediatric Cervical Spine

 cervical spine, c-spine clearance

References

1. Herman MJ, Brown KO, Sponseller PD, Phillips JH, Petrucelli PM, Parikh DJ, Mody KS, Leonard JC, Moront M, Brockmeyer DL, Anderson RCE, Alder AC, Anderson JT, Bernstein RM, Booth TN, Braga BP, Cahill PJ, Joglar JM, Martus JE, Nesiama JO, Pahys JM, Rathjen KE, Riccio AI, Schulz JF, Stans AA, Shah MI, Warner WC Jr, Yaszay B. Pediatric Cervical Spine Clearance: A Consensus Statement and Algorithm from the Pediatric Cervical Spine Clearance Working Group. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2019 Jan 2;101(1):e1. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.18.00217. PMID: 30601421.

2. Rozzelle, Curtis J. MD*; Aarabi, Bizhan MD, FRCSC‡; Dhall, Sanjay S. MD§; Gelb, Daniel E. MD¶; Hurlbert, R. John MD, PhD, FRCSC‖; Ryken, Timothy C. MD, MS#; Theodore, Nicholas MD**; Walters, Beverly C. MD, MSc, FRCSC‡‡,§§; Hadley, Mark N. MD‡‡. Management of Pediatric Cervical Spine and Spinal Cord Injuries. Neurosurgery 72():p 205-226, March 2013. | DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e318277096

Disclaimer

These guidelines are not intended as a directive or to present a definitive statement of the applicable standard of patient care.  They are offered as an approach for quality assurance and risk management and are subject to (1) revision as warranted by the continuing evaluation of technology and practice; (2) the overall individual professional discretion and judgment of the treating provider in a given patient circumstance; and (3) the patient’s willingness to follow the recommended treatment.