Awareness and use of the Ottawa Ankle and Knee Rules in 5 countries: Can publication alone be enough to change practice?

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 259-266

  Graham, Ian D ^a,b   Stiell, Ian G ^a,b   Laupacis, Andreas ^a,b   McAuley, Laura ^c   Howell, Michael ^d   Clancy, Michael ^e   Durieux, Pierre ^f   Simon, Nicholas ^g   Emparanza, Jose I ^h   Aginaga, Jose R ⁱ   O'Connor, Annette ^a,b   Wells, George ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d QUEEN ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^g CENTRE HOSPITALIER INTERCOMMUNAL   (France)

^h Hospital Nuestra Senora de Aranzazu   (Spain)

ⁱ Hospital de Gipuzkoa   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NORMAL HUMAN; OTTAWA ANKLE RULE; OTTAWA KNEE RULE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT;

EID: 17744362054     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mem.2001.113506     Document Type: Article

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