Spinal injury assessment and initial management : final

The scope of this guideline is the assessment, imaging and early management of spinal injury and does not address rehabilitation. It is important to recognise that early management is intrinsically connected to rehabilitation and some later complications may be avoided with changes in early care. Ea...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: National Clinical Guideline Centre for Acute and Chronic Conditions (Great Britain), National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Great Britain)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [London] National Clinical Guideline Centre 2016, February 2016
Series:NICE guideline
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Collection: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:The scope of this guideline is the assessment, imaging and early management of spinal injury and does not address rehabilitation. It is important to recognise that early management is intrinsically connected to rehabilitation and some later complications may be avoided with changes in early care. Early and ongoing collaborative multidisciplinary care across a trauma network is vital in ensuring that the patient with a spinal injury receives the best possible care
Physical Description:1 PDF file (247 pages) illustrations