More 'cries from the joints': Assessment of the musculoskeletal system is poorly documented in routine paediatric clerking

Rheumatology

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1045-1049

  Myers, Andrea ^a   McDonagh, J E ^b   Gupta, K ^c   Hull, R ^d   Barker, D ^e   Kay, L J ^f   Foster, H E ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Documentation; Education; History and physical examination; Juvenile idiopathic arthritis; Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis; Medical record; Musculoskeletal system

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT EXAMINATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION; JOINT EXAMINATION; KNEE FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PEDIATRICS; POSTAL MAIL; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT EXAMINATION; RHEUMATOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SKIN EXAMINATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; ANAMNESIS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOCUMENTATION; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITALIZATION; INFANT; JOINT; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; JOINTS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 4243169283     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keh245     Document Type: Article

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