Child Physical Abuse and Cervical Spine Injury: A Prospective Observational Study of over 1,200 Children in the Western Pediatric Cervical Spine Study.
BACKGROUND The incidence and patterns of cervical spine injury (CSI) have not been well described in children who present after suspected child physical abuse (CPA). The purpose of this study was to describe the pattern of CSI in patients evaluated for suspected CPA in a large, prospectively collected dataset. METHOD...