Clinical examination is superior to plain films to diagnose pelvic fractures compared to CT

American Surgeon

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 476-479

  Duane, Therèse M ^a,b   Dechert, Tracey ^a   Wolfe, Luke G ^a   Brown, Holly ^a   Aboutanos, Michel B ^a   Malhotra, Ajai K ^a   Ivatury, Rao R ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEMODYNAMICS; HIP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT MOBILITY; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PALPATION; PELVIS FRACTURE; PELVIS INJURY; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANGE OF MOTION; SACRUM;

ADULT; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; PELVIC BONES; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 44449165492     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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