Emergency Medicine · Trauma
NEXUS Chest Decision Instrument calculator
Enter the published formula inputs below to calculate and interpret this score.
Clinical inputs
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NEXUS Chest low risk
Chest imaging may be omitted when the rule is applicable and all criteria are absent.
Formula inputs
- Age >60 years
- Rapid deceleration mechanism
- Chest pain
- Intoxication
- Abnormal alertness or mental status
- Distracting painful injury
- Chest-wall tenderness
Primary source
Rodriguez RM et al. NEXUS Chest: validation of a decision instrument for selective chest imaging in blunt trauma. JAMA Surg (2013)
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