Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Protocol - Diagnostic
Canadian C‐spine rule and the National Emergency X‐Radiography Utilization Study (NEXUS) for detecting clinically important cervical spine injury following blunt trauma
Abstract
This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (Diagnostic test accuracy). The objectives are as follows:
To describe and compare the diagnostic accuracy of the Canadian C‐spine rule and the National Emergency X‐Radiography Utilization Study (NEXUS) to screen for clinically important cervical spine injury (CSI) in patients following blunt trauma.
