Double take - Fracture fishing in accident and emergency practice

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 84-87

  Hyland McGuire, Patrick ^a   Guly, H R ^a   Hughes, P M ^a  

^a DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accident and emergency department; Fractures; Missed diagnosis; X ray diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FOOT; FRACTURE; HIP; HUMAN; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; WRIST; X RAY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030974025     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.14.2.84     Document Type: Article

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