Hoffman et al., 2000 (10) | Prospective cross-sectional | US | 34 069 | 64.8 | NR |
|
| 0 |
Stiell et al., 2001 (2) | Prospective cross-sectional | Canada | 8 924 | 51.5 | MVC 67% |
|
| 577 (6.5) |
Stiell et al., 2003 (13) | Prospective cross-sectional | Canada | 8 283 | 52.3 | MVC 67.2% |
|
| 854 (10.3) indeterminate cases not included in the analysis |
Dickinson et al., 2004 (26) | Retrospective analysis of data from Stiell 2001 (12) | Canada | 8 924 | 51.5 | MVC 67% |
Index: 5 NEXUS items approximated from 20-items collected prospectively Assessors: emergency physicians, supervised residents Training: yes
|
| 577 (6.5) |
Miller et al., 2006 (19) | Prospective cross-sectional | UK | 460 | NR | NR |
|
Radiography ordered at the discretion of the treating physician (45) 14-day proxy, no. not reported 21-day surveillance, no. not reported
| NR |
Rethnam et al., 2008 (20) | Retrospective review | UK | 114 | NR | NR |
|
| N/A, patients were included if radiography was conducted |
Mahler et al., 2009 (27) | Prospective cross-sectional | US | 202 | NR | NR |
|
| 0 |
Stiell et al, 2009 (21) | Prospective cross-sectional | Canada | 3 628 | 51.0 | MVC 70.1% |
|
| Radiography conducted in 47.2% of patients |
Vaillancourt et al., 2009 (22) | Prospective cross-sectional | Canada | 2 393 | 50.2 | MVC 62.5% |
|
| 444 (18.6) |
Coffey et al., 2010 (23) | Prospective cross-sectional | UK | 1 420 | 50.4 | MVC 75.8% |
|
| 178 (12.5) |
Stiell et al., 2010 (24) | Prospective cross-sectional | Canada | 3 633 | 46.4 | MVC 63% |
|
| Radiography conducted in 47.2% of patients |
Duane et al., 2011 (25) | Prospective cross-sectional | US | 3 201 | 64 | NR |
|
| 0 |
Duane et al., 2011 (28) | Prospective cross-sectional | US | 2 606 | 65 | MVC, % NR |
Index: NEXUS Assessors: residents Training: yes‡
|
| 0 |
Griffith et al., 2011 (7) | Retrospective analysis from radiology information record system | US | 1 589 | 59.3 | MVC 37.7% |
|
| NA, patients were included if computed tomography was conducted |
Migliore et al., 2011 (29) | Prospective cross-sectional | US | 80 | NR | NR |
|
| 10 (15) |