Diagnosis and guided reduction of forearm fractures in children using bedside ultrasound

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 528-531

  Chen, Lei ^a   Kim, Yunie ^a   Moore, Christopher L ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency ultrasound; Fractures; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRICIAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIUS FRACTURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULNA FRACTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIUS FRACTURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNA FRACTURES;

EID: 34548312132     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e318128f85d     Document Type: Article

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