RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Evaluation of whiplash injuries by technetium 99m isotope scanning.
JF Archives of Emergency Medicine
JO Arch Emerg Med
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and the British Association for Accident & Emergency Medicine
SP 197
OP 202
DO 10.1136/emj.10.3.197
VO 10
IS 3
A1 D Barton
A1 M Allen
A1 D Finlay
A1 I Belton
YR 1993
UL http://emj.bmj.com/content/10/3/197.abstract
AB Despite the frequency with which whiplash injuries present to accident and emergency (A&E) departments, there lacks an objective investigation to define the severity of the initial injury or the morbidity that may ensue. Following reports on the effectiveness of isotope bone scanning for soft tissue and ligament injuries a study was undertaken of isotope scanning of whiplash injuries. The objectives of the study were to isolate the anatomic site of the injury and to quantify the severity of the injury with relation to the concentration of isotope uptake and subsequent morbidity.