Accuracy of clinician-performed point-of-care ultrasound for the diagnosis of fractures in children and young adults

Injury

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 862-868

  Weinberg, Eric R ^a   Tunik, Michael G ^a   Tsung, James W ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency; Fracture; Injury; Military personnel; Paediatric; Point of care; Sensitivity and specificity; Trauma; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELBOW FRACTURE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMUR FRACTURE; FIBULA FRACTURE; FINGER FRACTURE; FOOT FRACTURE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; LEG FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; METACARPAL BONE FRACTURE; PATELLA FRACTURE; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIUS FRACTURE; RIB FRACTURE; SKULL FRACTURE; TIBIA FRACTURE; ULNA FRACTURE; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955714920     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2010.04.020     Document Type: Article

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