Derivation of clinical prediction rules to identify children with fractures after twisting injuries of the ankle

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 736-743

  Dayan, Peter S ^a,c   Vitale, Michael ^a   Langsam, Daniel J ^a   Ruzal Shapiro, Carrie ^a   Novick, Michael K ^a   Kuppermann, Nathan ^b   Miller, Steven Z ^a  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

ankle; children; fracture; prediction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANKLE FRACTURE; ANKLE RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; AVULSION FRACTURE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FIBULA; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALLEOLUS FRACTURE; METATARSAL BONE; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TALUS FRACTURE; URBAN AREA; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ANKLE INJURIES; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; FIBULA; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; METATARSAL BONES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TARSAL BONES; TIBIA;

EID: 3042656521     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2004.02.517     Document Type: Article

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