Emergency room visits by pediatric fracture patients treated with cast immobilization

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 248-252

  Sawyer, Jeffrey R ^a   Ivie, Conrad B ^a   Huff, Ambré L ^b   Wheeler, Christopher ^b   Kelly, Derek M ^a   Beaty, James H ^a   Canale, S Terry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b LE BONHEUR CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cast immobilization; Complications; Emergency department; Fracture

Indexed keywords

CAST APPLICATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FRACTURE; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CASTS, SURGICAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77951015259     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BPO.0b013e3181d213bc     Document Type: Review

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