title: Blunt neck injury.
abstract: Emergency physicians must diagnose or exclude cervical spine trauma in daily practice. This is a complicated task, as the presentation may be subtle and the manifestations obscured, and no imaging modality is completely sensitive or specific. The research of the past two decades serves as a guide as to which types of patients require cervical radiologic evaluation and which modalities of evaluation are appropriate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, North Carolina.
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Sweeney
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Marx
mesh_terms: D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications; D005151:Facial Injuries / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography / Q000379:methods; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013124:Spinal Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*