Things that go beep: Experience with an ED guideline for use of a handheld metal detector in the management of ingested non-hazardous metallic foreign bodies

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 456-460

  Ramlakhan, S L ^a   Burke, Derek P ^a   Gilchrist, J ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMERGENCY WARD; ESOPHAGUS FOREIGN BODY; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; INFANT; INGESTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAL DETECTOR; METAL FOREIGN BODY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ELECTROMAGNETIC PHENOMENA; ELECTROMAGNETICS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; METALS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33748604741     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2005.029553     Document Type: Review

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