Pediatric Cervical Spine Clearance: A Multicenter Prospective Observational Study

Description

A prospective multicenter observational study, led by Dr. Katie Russell of Intermountain Primary Children's Hospital, that will examine the sensitivity, specificity, negative, and positive predictive values of CT scan and plain films in diagnosing cervical spine injury that requires treatment. This study is funded by the Primary Children's Hospital foundation.

Conditions

Cervical Spine Fracture

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

A prospective multicenter observational study, led by Dr. Katie Russell of Intermountain Primary Children's Hospital, that will examine the sensitivity, specificity, negative, and positive predictive values of CT scan and plain films in diagnosing cervical spine injury that requires treatment. This study is funded by the Primary Children's Hospital foundation.

Pediatric Cervical Spine Clearance: A Multicenter Prospective Observational Study

Pediatric Cervical Spine Clearance: A Multicenter Prospective Observational Study

Condition
Cervical Spine Fracture
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Phoenix

Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona, United States, 85016

Los Angeles

Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, 90027

San Diego

Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego, California, United States, 92123

San Francisco

UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, San Francisco, California, United States, 94158

Stanford

Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford, California, United States, 94305

Aurora

Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, United States, 80045

Portland

Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States, 97239

Dallas

UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States, 75390

Salt Lake City

Primary Children's Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, 84113

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Any participant less than 18 years old after blunt trauma
  • * Seen by trauma service
  • * With cervical spine imaging (XR, CT, or MRI)
  • * CT scan from outside facility is poor quality and not repeated (\<63-channel, cuts \>3mm, no reformats, motion artifact)
  • * No radiology over reads by participating institution

Ages Eligible for Study

0 Years to 17 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

University of Utah,

Katie Russell, MD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of Utah

Study Record Dates

2025-08-15