Taber's Medical Dictionary
Canadian C-spine rule
A prediction rule consisting of a cluster of signs and symptoms that help to rule out the need for a radiograph to diagnose a spinal fracture in a patient who comes to the emergency department after receiving an injury to the head or neck.
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Canadian C-spine Rule." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/763740/all/Canadian_C_spine_rule.
Canadian C-spine rule. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/763740/all/Canadian_C_spine_rule. Accessed July 26, 2025.
Canadian C-spine rule. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/763740/all/Canadian_C_spine_rule
Canadian C-spine Rule [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 July 26]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/763740/all/Canadian_C_spine_rule.
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