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NEXUS Chest decision instrument: a standalone construct

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Emergency medicine

a decision instrument of seven clinical criteria that identifies blunt trauma patients at very low risk of thoracic injury who can forgo chest imaging.

In emergency medicine, NEXUS Chest decision instrument refers to a decision instrument of seven clinical criteria that identifies blunt trauma patients at very low risk of thoracic injury who can forgo chest imaging. This meaning comes from Rodriguez (2013) in JAMA Surgery.[1]

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Rodriguez, R. M., Anglin, D., Langdorf, M. I., Baumann, B. M., Hendey, G. W., Bradley, R. N., Medak, A. J., Raja, A. S., Juhn, P., Fortman, J., Mulkerin, W., & Mower, W. R. (2013). NEXUS Chest: Validation of a Decision Instrument for Selective Chest Imaging in Blunt Trauma. JAMA Surgery, 148(10), 940. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamasurg.2013.2757

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