The Accuracy of the Ottawa Knee Rule to Rule Out Knee Fractures: A Systematic Review

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 121-124

  Bachmann, Lucas M ^a   Haberzeth, Sophie ^b   Steurer, Johann ^b   Ter Riet, Gerben ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; KNEE FRACTURE; KNEE INJURY; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; NEGATIVE LIKELIHOOD RATIO; OTTAWA KNEE RULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0347004547     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-140-5-200403020-00013     Document Type: Review

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