How (Un)useful is the pelvic ring stability examination in diagnosing mechanically unstable pelvic fractures in blunt trauma patients?

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 815-820

  Shlamovitz, Gil Z ^a,g   Mower, William R ^b   Bergman, Jonathan ^b   Chuang, Kenneth R ^c   Crisp, Jonathan ^b   Hardy, David ^d   Sargent, Martine ^e   Shroff, Sunil D ^f   Snyder, Eric ^b   Morgan, Marshall T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LONG BEACH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g Emergency Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Pelvic fracture; Pelvic pain; Pelvic ring stability; Physical examination; Test characteristics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; BONE DEFORMATION; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PELVIC RING STABILITY EXAMINATION; PELVIS FRACTURE; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FRACTURE; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC GIRDLE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC BONES; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68149167115     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31817c96e1     Document Type: Article

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