Impact of clinical decision rules on clinical care of traumatic injuries to the foot and ankle, knee, cervical spine, and head

Injury

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1157-1165

  Perry, Jeffrey J ^a   Stiell, Ian G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical care; Clinical decision rule; Emergency physicians; Traumatic injuries

Indexed keywords

ANKLE INJURY; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; FOOT INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KNEE INJURY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SCORING SYSTEM; SKULL FRACTURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANKLE INJURIES; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL INJURIES; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33751099100     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2006.07.028     Document Type: Article

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