Goal-directed ultrasound in the detection of long-bone fractures

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 329-332

  Marshburn, Thomas H ^a   Legome, Eric ^b   Sargsyan, Ashot ^c   Melton, Shannon ^c   Li, James ^d   Noble, Vicki A ^e   Dulchavsky, Scott A ^g   Sims, Carrie ^e   Robinson, David ^f  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WYLE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d MOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f MEMORIAL HERMANN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g DETROIT RECEIVING HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Femur; Fractures; Humerus; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FRACTURE; HUMAN; LEG INJURY; LONG BONE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMORAL FRACTURES; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 4444285452     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000088005.35520.CB     Document Type: Article

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