ArticleAustralasian journal of ultrasound in medicine2021
Diagnostic utility of point of care ultrasound in identifying cervical spine injury in emergency settings.
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- A Plea for a Paradigm Shift from X-Ray to Ultrasound in Adults: An Update for Emergency Physicians, General Practitioners, Orthopedists and Sports Medicine Physicians.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Correlation between Transcranial Ultrasound and CT Head to Detect Clinically Significant Conditions in Post-craniectomy Patients Performed by Emergency Physician: A Pilot Study.Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2024Article
- Sonography - anyone, anytime, anywhere?Australasian journal of ultrasound in medicine · 2021Article
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Abstract
introductionThe evaluation of cervical-spine in a major trauma patient needs a bedside efficient tool to rule out cervical spine injury as the role of X-ray and Computed Tomography (CT) in this setting is limited. Point of care ultrasonography (POCUS) is being used as an adjunct during trauma resuscitation. The aim of this study was to evaluate the use of POCUS for identifying cervical spine injuries.
methodsWe recruited 84 cases with cervical spine injury based on CT scan after taking consent. POCUS was used as per the operational definition of study methods while maintaining manual in-line stabilisation. Statistical analysis was done by using STATA version 14.
resultsNormal cervical anatomy was visible through anterior approach in POCUS except for the 1
conclusionPOCUS identified injuries such as fracture and listhesis. Because of high rate of missed injuries, ultrasound at present cannot be used as a screening or diagnostic tool for decision-making in cervical spine injury.
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