The reliability of clinical examination in detecting pelvic fractures in blunt trauma patients: A meta-analysis

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 123-128

  Sauerland, Stefan ^a   Bouillon, Bertil ^a   Rixen, Dieter ^a   Raum, Marcus R ^a   Koy, Timmo ^a   Neugebauer, Edmund A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clinical examination; Meta analysis; Pelvic fractures; Pelvis injuries; Sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PELVIS FRACTURE; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; PELVIC BONES; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 1842540283     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-003-0631-8     Document Type: Article

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