Acute knee injuries: Use of decision rules for selective radiograph ordering

American Family Physician

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2599-2608

  Tandeter, Howard B ^a   Shvartzman, Pesach ^a   Stevens, Max A ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST CONTROL; FRACTURE; KNEE INJURY; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

ACUTE DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION TREES; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR;

EID: 0033405056     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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