STUDY OBJECTIVE: To determine whether history and clinical examination findings can identify young @entity1 who have sustained cervical @entity130 . METHODS: We conducted a retrospective review of the medical records of @entity1 younger than 6 years old with the diagnosis of cervical @entity174 or cervical @entity1566 after a fall of less than 5 feet. Data from medical records over an average time span of 11 years at four large @entity1 's hospitals were compiled. RESULTS: We identified eight @entity1 who sustained cervical @entity130 after a fall of less than 5 feet. These @entity1 ranged in age from 9 to 68 months. Three had rotary subluxation of C1, and three had subluxation of C1-C2. One of the @entity1 in the latter group also had an odontoid @entity174 . Two @entity1 had a @entity1605 . All the @entity1 had limited range of @entity4048 . CONCLUSION: All @entity1 in this study with the diagnosis of cervical @entity130 had clinical evidence of that injury on history or physical examination. Clinicians treating asymptomatic young @entity1 who sustain short falls may not need to perform radiographic evaluation of the cervical spine.

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@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['children'] @entity1605 :: ('OMIM:217000', 'Disease') :: ['fracture of C2'] @entity174 :: ('MESH:D050723', 'Disease') :: ['fracture', 'vertebral fracture'] @entity4048 :: ('MESH:D019547', 'Disease') :: ['motion of the neck or neck pain'] @entity1566 :: ('MESH:D013119', 'Disease') :: ['spinal cord injury'] @entity130 :: ('MESH:D014947', 'Disease') :: ['spine injury', 'injury after falling short distances']
@entity130 :: (MESH:D014947,Disease) :: ['Pediatric cervical spine injury']
