Epidemiology of cervical spine injury victims

摘要: Abstract Study Objective: We sought to characterize demographics and injury patterns among patients undergoing emergency department cervical spine radiography for blunt traumatic injury. Methods: All with trauma at 21 centers were enrolled in this prospective, observational study. Patients' date of birth, age, sex, ethnicity noted before radiography. Results: Demographic factors associated injury, present 818 33,922 patients, included the following: age 65 years or older (relative risk [RR] 2.09; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.77 2.59); "other" (RR 1.79, CI 1.46 2.19); male sex 1.72, 1.48 2.00); white 1.50, 1.31 1.72). Hispanic 0.64, 0.51 0.79), female 0.58, 0.50 0.67), black 0.55, 0.45 0.66), less than 18 0.39, 0.27 0.55) reduced Conclusion: Among ED radiography, is more common elderly, subjects, ethnicity. Because occurs all demographic categories, however, information cannot be used select individual who should not undergo imaging.[Lowery DW, Wald MM, Browne BJ, Tigges S, Hoffman JR, Mower WR, NEXUS Group. Epidemiology victims. Ann Emerg Med. July 2001;38:12-16.]