Cervical spine computed tomography (CSCT) scans are frequently performed in older emergency department (ED) trauma patients based on the 65-year-old high-risk criterion of the Canadian Cervical Spine Rule (CCR). We sought to determine the positivity rate of CSCT scans in symptomatic and asymptomatic patients to assess the current applicability of age in the CCR.
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