... decision rule for cervicalspine radiography [9] (phase I; 1996–99; N = 8,924), and to prospectively validate this "Canadian C -Spine Rule" (phase II; 1999–2002; N = 8,283) The Canadian C -Spine Rule ... Performance of the Canadian C -Spine Rule Performance of the Canadian C -Spine Rule will be evaluated by the following measures Accuracy of the rule: The classification performance of the rule for clinically ... interpretation of the rules in 142 cases was 0.63 for the Canadian C -Spine Rule (95% CI 0.49 – 0.77) and 0.47 for the NEXUS criteria (95% CI 0.28 – 0.65) Also, the use of the Canadian C -Spine Rule would...
... strengths for male cervicalspine segments Journal of biomechanics 2007, 40:535-542 doi:10.1186/1745-6673-6-30 Cite this article as: Quarcoo et al.: Reduced inclination of cervicalspine in a novel ... stresses [13] Although most research focused on the lumbar spine, recent data has found a postural dependence also for the cervicalspine [8,9] PID is lowest in the middle position between flexion ... gender The cervical inclination of female and male individuals is depicted in the different screen positions coworker have found gender specific anatomic differences of the cervicalspine The...
... associated cervicalspine fracture, 9/220 patients (4%) had sustained fractures of the limbs or the skull 133/220 patients (60%) had a concomitant soft tissue injury to their thoracic or lumbar spine ... Sports Med 1980, 8(3):151-8 Hildingsson C, Toolanen G: Outcome after soft-tissue injury of the cervicalspine A prospective study of 93 car-accident victims Acta Orthop Scand 1990, 61(4):357-9 Joslin ... Australia and Singapore Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry 1982, 6(2):191-210 Manifold SG, McCann PD: Cervical radiculitis and shoulder disorders Clin Orthop Relat Res 1999:105-13 Review Chauhan SK,...
... JC, Bailes JE: Athletes with cervicalspine injury Spine 1996, 21:2294-2299 Torg JS, Pavlov H, Genuario , Sennet B, Wisneski RJ, Robie BH, Jahre C: Neurapraxia of the cervical spinal cord withtransient ... the cervicalspine Am J Sports Med 1997, 25(5):603-8 Vaccaro AR, Klein GR, Ciccoti M, Pfaff WL, Moulton MJ, Hilibrand AJ, Watkins B: Return to play criteria for the athlete with cervicalspine ... diameter divided by vertebral body diameter on a lateral plain cervical radiograph) of was measured at the C5 vertebral level A cervicalspine magnetic resonance examination (MRI) showed decreased...
... and the cervicalspine instrumented between the levels C5 to T1 using a plate (Vectra) The results of cultures of the intra-operative biopsies taken from our patient’s dorsal cervicalspine were ... prior to any manipulation of the cervicalspine radiographic imaging is indispensable [17] Hurwitz and colleagues stated in their literature review that cervicalspine mobilization and manipulation ... in relation to cervicalspine manipulation Aust J Physiother 2002, 48:171-179 Hurwitz EL, Aker PD, Adams AH, Meeker WC, Shekelle PG: Manipulation and mobilization of the cervicalspine A systematic...
... sequences A bone scan demonstrated multiple areas of increased radiotracer uptake in the lower cervical spine, centered at C7 A lymph node biopsy of a metachronous associated parasternal node yielded ... Conclusions This case brings attention to a unique presentation of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in the cervicalspine NonHodgkin’s lymphoma rarely originates from bone, and even more infrequently arises ... doi:10.1186/1752-1947-4-35 Cite this article as: Smith et al.: Primary bony non-Hodgkin lymphoma of the cervical spine: a case report Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010 4:35 Submit your next manuscript...
... was the sole cause of osteoradionecrosis of the cervicalspine Four other reports have been published describing osteoradionecrosis of the cervicalspine following radiotherapy to head and neck ... his right shoulder and discomfort over the lower cervicalspine An MRI scan showed a mass originating from C4/C5 which extended into the pre -cervical space and posteriorly into the spinal canal ... years later with significant implications Abbreviations C2, second cervical vertebra; C5, fifth cervical vertebra; C6, sixth cervical vertebra; cGy, centigray; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging;...
... patients is 2.5% (25 in 1,000) Table Cervicalspine instability studies in obtunded/comatose blunt trauma patients with no apparent spinal deficit and negative cervicalspine plain radiographs with supplementary ... No Dunham et al Table Cervicalspine instability studies in obtunded/comatose blunt trauma patients with no apparent spinal deficit and negative comprehensive cervicalspine CT scans Study Prospective ... guidelines for evaluating the cervicalspine after traumatic injury CMD formed a multidisciplinary committee to review the literature regarding negative cervicalspine imaging in comatose brain-injured...
... manipulation of the cervical spine, which can ultimately result in permanent neurological damage or, in extreme cases, death [15] Due to the rarity of CVA following cervicalspine manipulation, ... referral bias Spine J 2002, 2(5):334-342 18 Thiel HW, Bolton JE, Docherty S, Portlock JC: Safety of chiropractic manipulation of the cervical spine: a prospective national survey Spine 2007, 32(21):2375-2378 ... after cervical trauma and spinal manipulation Spine 1999, 24(8):785-794 17 Haldman S, Carey P, Townsend M, Papadopoulos C: Clinical perceptions of the risk of vertebral artery dissection after cervical...
... Neurological compromise is also possible with tumors located near the spine A case of paravertebral synovial sarcoma in the lumbar spine was noted to produce a grade III weakness in dorsiflexion in ... Received: 19 February 2011 Accepted: 23 May 2011 Published: 23 May 2011 Figure Axial CT scan of the cervicalspine mm transaxial CT scan with nonionic intravenous contrast The non-enhancing cystic mass ... doi:10.1186/2045-709X-19-12 Cite this article as: Foreman and Stahl: Biphasic synovial sarcoma in the cervical spine: Case report Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2011 19:12 Submit your next manuscript to...
... death) Most of these prediction rules were derived in populations including patients presenting with an obvious reason for immediate ICU admission However, a predictionrule is essentially relevant ... criteria of the ATS rule – requirements for mechanical ventilation and the occurrence of shock – are obvious reasons for ICU admis- sion Espana and colleagues derived the SCAP predictionrule that was ... patients initially presenting without respiratory failure or shock, and to derive and validate a predictionrule to stratify the risk of ICU admission on days to Materials and methods Study design This...
... institution we employ the Canadian C -spine rule as a guideline for the application of CT scans in trauma patients, since a study by Stiell et al has proven the Canadian C -spine rule to be superior ... the Canadian C -Spine rule recommends so The indication to perform a primary MRI scan instead of a CT scan was deemed appropriate in this situation, since osseous lesions of the cervicalspine ... high velocity accidents with suspected cervicalspine injuries need to be evaluated according to strict protocols The gold standard is the Canadian C -spine Rule Whereas computed tomography is the...
... association rules to generate a set of candidate rules One of the simplest such rule mining algorithms is GenRules, provided as Algorithm 1, which in practice should be made specific by using a rule ... B ⊂ X , GenRules generates candidate rules GenRules(S, B, X ) = {aj → bj }j , number of recommendations c ≥ Output: Recommendation List, which is a subset of c items in X Apply GenRules(S, B, ... confidence) rules that have appeared very few times in the training set (low support), and 2) given two rules with the same or similar prediction accuracy on the training set (confidence), the rule that...
... exception of five rules all rules involved less than 2% of the patients More than 80% of rules referred to less than 1% of patients Many rules involved attributes with missing information Many rules had ... Decision tree rules with manually binned variables rules predicting no disease Figure shows the discovered rules classified in two groups We discuss rules predicting healthy arteries Rule has low ... constrained association rules However, we stress this rule was not found because AGE did not have negation Rule is the only rule found by the decision tree that is one of the many rules found with constrained...
... different levels of toxicity to a given RT schedule [3] The treatment of cervical carcinoma includes surgery and/or irradiation The prediction of the toxicity induced by RT could help to select the ... (PBLs) has been proposed as a possible screening test for cancer-prone individuals and also for the prediction of normal tissue responses after RT [8] Previous reports have suggested that PBLs apoptosis ... radiation-sensitive patients before therapy [10] Development of predictive assays for clinical prediction requires that the diagnostic test employed display both high reproducibility and low...
... 82 7.2.1 The claim 82 7.2.1 The claim 82 7.2.2 The prediction 84 7.2.2 The prediction 84 7.3 Acknowledgements 84 Used information ... these functions by allowing mail handling rules to be specified ahead of time, and letting intelligent agents operate on behalf of the user according to those rules Usually it is also possible (or ... comprised by the chapters five and six, is entirely about past, present and future developments, prediction and expectations The parties and factors that have, are, or will be influencing In chapter...
... relevant rate of serious complications Other clinical prediction rules have focused to predict eligibility for ICU admission Multiple ICU prediction rules have been proposed including the Infectious ... For an individual, the Brier score can range from (concordant prediction and outcome) and (discordant prediction and outcome); a prediction of 50% has a score of 0.25 both when the outcome is ... 0.04 (P < 0.001), respectively, if based on predictions derived on the full dataset, and 0.13 (P = 0.01) and 0.04 (P < 0.001), if based on out-of-sample predictions from leave-one-hospital out cross-validation...