The usefulness of CT for patients with carpal bone fractures in the emergency department

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 248-250

  You, Je Sung ^a   Chung, Sung Pil ^a   Chung, Hyun Soo ^a   Park, In Cheol ^a   Lee, Hahn Shick ^a   Kim, Seung Ho ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WRIST FRACTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARPAL BONES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34247209065     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2006.040238     Document Type: Article

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