Diagnostic accuracy and reproducibility in the interpretation of Ottawa ankle and foot rules by specialized emergency nurses

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 725-729

  Derksen, Robert Jan ^a   Bakker, Fred C ^a   Geervliet, Pieter C ^a   De Lange De Klerk, Elly S M ^a   Heilbron, Emil A ^a   Veenings, Bart ^a   Patka, Peter ^a   Haarman, Henk J Th M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE RADIOGRAPHY; ANKLE SPRAIN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY WARD; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NURSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ANKLE INJURIES; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY NURSING; FRACTURES, CLOSED; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPRAINS AND STRAINS;

EID: 25144485013     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2005.02.054     Document Type: Article

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