The use of a template to improve the management of distal radial fractures

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 544-547

  Kotnis, R ^a,e   Waites, M D ^b   Fayomi, O ^c   Dega, R ^d  

^a Oxford Trauma and Orthopaedic Rotation   (United Kingdom)

^b South West Thames Trauma and Orthopaedic Rotation ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c Oxford Regional Rotation   (United Kingdom)

^d WEXHAM PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NURSE PRACTITIONER; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MANIPULATION, ORTHOPEDIC; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; RADIUS FRACTURES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; WRIST INJURIES;

EID: 23344443494     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2004.016360     Document Type: Article

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