Validation of the Ottawa ankle rules: Experience at a community hospital

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 43, Issue MAR., 1997, Pages 459-465

  McBride, Kim L ^a  

^a Dartmouth Medical Centre   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE INJURY; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE INJURIES; CHILD; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031085018     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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