FREE NEJM E-TOC    HOME   |   SUBSCRIBE   |   CURRENT ISSUE   |   PAST ISSUES   |   COLLECTIONS   |   Search Term  Advanced Search

Sign in | Get NEJM's E-Mail Table of Contents — Free | Subscribe

Previous Volume 354:e4 January 26, 2006 Number 4 Next

	Since this article has no abstract, we have provided an extract of the first 100 words of the full text and any section headings.

	Full Text PDF Add to Personal Archive Add to Citation Manager Notify a Friend E-mail When Cited E-mail When Letters Appear Related Article PubMed Citation

View larger version (112K):   A 19-year-old man was brought to the emergency department after a high-speed motorbike collision. The patient had a score of 3 on the Glasgow Coma Scale (possible scores range from 3 to 15, with higher scores indicating better function), and his blood pressure was 70/35 mm Hg. He did not respond adequately to advanced resuscitation; results of a subsequent emergency laparotomy were normal. After the patient's condition was further stabilized in the intensive care unit, computed tomography of the cervical spine showed major atlanto-occipital dislocation in the lateral view (Panel A) and anteroposterior view (Panel B, arrows), which proved to . . . [Full Text of this Article]

 

HOME  |  SUBSCRIBE  |  SEARCH  |  CURRENT ISSUE  |  PAST ISSUES  |  COLLECTIONS  |  PRIVACY  |  TERMS OF USE  |  HELP  |  beta.nejm.org Comments and questions? Please contact us. The New England Journal of Medicine is owned, published, and copyrighted © 2009 Massachusetts Medical Society. All rights reserved.