Clinical prediction rules, sometimes called clinical decision rules, have proliferated in recent
years. However, very few have undergone formal impact analysis, the standard of evidence …

The cervical collar has been routinely used for trauma patients for more than 30 years and is
a hallmark of state-of-the-art prehospital trauma care. However, the existing evidence for this …

Over the last decade, numerous concussion evidence-based clinical practice guidelines
(CPGs), consensus statements, and clinical guidance documents have been published …

Background: There is controversy about which children with minor head injury need to
undergo computed tomography (CT). We aimed to develop a highly sensitive clinical …

The PATH (Predictive Approaches to Treatment effect Heterogeneity) Statement was
developed to promote the conduct of, and provide guidance for, predictive analyses of …

ContextCurrent use of cranial computed tomography (CT) for minor head injury is increasing
rapidly, highly variable, and inefficient. The Canadian CT Head Rule (CCHR) and New …

Clinical prediction rules are mathematical tools that are intended to guide clinicians in their
everyday decision making. The popularity of such rules has increased greatly over the past …

This study aims to characterize changes in computed tomography (CT) utilization in the adult
emergency department (ED) over a 5-year period. CT scans ordered on adult ED patients …

Background: Injury to the cervical spine (CS) is common after major trauma. The Eastern
Association for the Surgery of Trauma first published its Practice Management Guidelines for …

STUDY DESIGN: Best evidence synthesis. OBJECTIVE: To critically appraise and
synthesize the literature on assessment of neck pain. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA …