Prospective observational study to assess the performance accuracy of clinical decision rules in children presenting to emergency departments with possible cervical spine injuries: the Study of Neck Injuries in Children (SONIC)
Registration with the Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry prior to the commencement of participant recruitment (ACTRN12621001050842). 50% of expected patients have been enrolled to date.
Authors
- Stacy Goergen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9668-6809)
- Meredith Louise Borland (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5326-5008)
- Shu‐Ling Chong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4647-0019)
- Geoffrey N. Askin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1734-0082)
- Stuart R. Dalziel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0522-9579)
- Catherine Wilson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5893-4226)
- Amanda J. Williams (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9213-9178)
- Susan Donath (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2489-3977)
- Sonia Singh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2430-0262)
- Blessy John‐Denny
- Simon S. Craig (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2594-1643)
- Amit Kochar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0406-4493)
- Sarah Watson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4534-8783)
- Gavin A Davis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8293-4496)
- Franz E Babl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1107-2187)
- Natalie E. Phillips
- Julie C. Leonard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3670-1944)
- Nathan Kuppermann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7854-4943)
- Michelle Davison (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1991-0410)
- Shane S. George (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8880-1245)
- Eunicia Tan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6296-3545)
- Chris J Selman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1277-5538)
- Sharon O'Brien (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5481-2210)
- Arjun Rao
Institutions
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- Queensland Health (AU)
- Royal Children's Hospital (AU)
- Children's National (US)
- University of Auckland (NZ)
- Queensland University of Technology (AU)
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- The University of Western Australia (AU)
- George Washington University (US)
- Gold Coast Hospital (AU)
- Middlemore Hospital (NZ)
- Princess Margaret Hospital for Children (AU)
- Women's and Children's Hospital (AU)
- Monash Medical Centre (AU)
- Children's Hospital at Westmead (AU)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- Children’s Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service (AU)
- SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre (SG)
- Sunshine Coast University Hospital (AU)
- KK Women's and Children's Hospital (SG)
- Monash Health (AU)
- Sydney Children's Hospital (AU)
- Duke-NUS Medical School (SG)
- Royal Darwin Hospital (AU)
- Starship Children's Health (NZ)
- Murdoch Children's Research Institute (AU)
- Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service (AU)
- Perth Children's Hospital
- The Ohio State University (US)
- Monash University (AU)
- The University of Adelaide (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Open
- Published
- 2025-05-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-096294
- Primary Topic
- Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Royal Children's Hospital Foundation
- Emergency Medicine Foundation
- National Health and Medical Research Council