Necessity of imaging for symptom-free conscious patients presented to emergency department (ED) following traumatic thoracolumbar spine injuries has been a matter of debate. The present study was aimed to evaluate the diagnostic value of clinical findings in prediction of traumatic thoracolumbar injuries compared tocomputed tomography (CT) scan.The present diagnostic value study was carried out using non-random convenience sampling during the time between October 2013 and March 2014. All trauma patients > 15 years old underwent thoracolumbar CT scan were included. Correlation between clinical and CT findings was measured using SPSS 21.0 and screening performance characteristics of clinical findings in prediction of thoracolumbar fracture were calculated.169 patients with mean age of 37.8 ± 17.3 years (rage: 15-86) were evaluated (69.8

作者：Ali, Shahrami；Majid, Shojaee；Seyed Mohammadreza, Tabatabaee；Elaheh, Mianehsaz

来源：Emergency (Tehran, Iran) 2016 年 4卷 3期