Validation of the Ottawa ankle rules in a Hong Kong ED

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 429-432

  Yuen, Man Cheuk ^a   Sim, Shiu Wah ^b   Lam, Hon Shing ^b   Tung, Wai Kit ^a  

^a Accident and Emergency Department   (Hong Kong)

^b KWONG WAH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Ankle injury; Chinese patients; Emergency physicians; Foot injury; Ottawa ankle rules

Indexed keywords

ANKLE FRACTURE; ANKLE INJURY; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CANADA; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOOT INJURY; HONG KONG; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0034849025     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ajem.2001.24474     Document Type: Article

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