The next logical step in the emergency radiographic evaluation of cervical spine trauma: The five-view trauma series

• Published in: The Journal of emergency medicine Vol. 3; no. 5; pp. 371 - 385
• Main Authors: Doris, Peter E., Wilson, Richard A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 1985; Elsevier
• Subjects: Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy; Biological and medical sciences; cervical spine; Cervical Vertebrae - diagnostic imaging; Cervical Vertebrae - injuries; Emergency and intensive care: comas and nervous system diseases; five-view trauma series; Fractures, Closed - diagnostic imaging; Humans; Intensive care medicine; Medical sciences; Methods; radiographic evaluation; Radiography; supine oblique view; trauma; trauma; five-view trauma series; cervical spine; supine oblique view; radiographic evaluation; Human; Radiography; Nervous system diseases; Radiodiagnosis; Emergency; Trauma; Cervical spine; Resuscitation
• ISSN: 0736-4679; 2352-5029
• DOI: 10.1016/0736-4679(85)90322-1

The five-view standard series is considered the golden standard in the radiographic evaluation of the cervical spine. Although tho three-view trauma series has proved significantly more accurate than the cross-table lateral view in the emergency evaluation of patients with cervical spine trauma, this series does not deal with questionable findings. The introduction of a five-view trauma series, with the inclusion of supine oblique views, is the next logical step in the emergency evaluation of these patients. An algorithm for the emergency radiographic evaluation of patients with suspected cervical spine trauma is proposed.