Research recommendation(s) from an individual piece of guidance
- Guidance:
- Spinal injury: assessment and initial management
- Date issued:
Research recommendations coming out of this guidance
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Neuropathic pain relief:- Does early treatment with a centrally acting analgesic (for example pregabalin) reduce the frequency or severity of neuropathic pain in people with spinal cord injury?
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Cervical spine dislocation:- What is the clinical and cost effectiveness of emergency reduction of cervical spine dislocations following acute traumatic cervical spine injury?
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Thoracic and lumbosacral assessment tool:- After injury, what is the best method of clinical assessment to determine who needs imaging of the thoracic and lumbar spine to exclude injury to the spinal column or cord, and who is safe to discharge without risk of missing significant injury?