Accuracy and Clinical Utility of Reports from Outside Hospitals for CT of the Cervical Spine in Blunt Trauma.
Karan RaoJacklyn EngelbartJohn M YanikJ HallS SwensonB A PoliceniJ MaleyColette GaletT GranchiDionne A SkeetePublished in: AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology (2021)
There was an overall 6.5% discordance rate between primary and secondary interpretations of cervical spine CT scans. The secondary interpretation of the cervical spine CT increased the sensitivity and specificity of detecting cervical spine fractures in patients with blunt trauma transferred to higher-level care.