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NEXUS Chest Decision Instrument calculator

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NEXUS Chest low risk

Band: NEXUS Chest low risk

Interpretation. NEXUS Chest low risk

Suggested management. Chest imaging may be omitted when the rule is applicable and all criteria are absent.

NEXUS Chest Decision Instrument: 0 — NEXUS Chest low risk. Interpretation: NEXUS Chest low risk What to do: Chest imaging may be omitted when the rule is applicable and all criteria are absent. Inputs: Age >60 years: false; Rapid deceleration mechanism: false; Chest pain: false; Intoxication: false; Abnormal alertness or mental status: false; Distracting painful injury: false; Chest-wall tenderness: false 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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Clinical 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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