Bedside ultrasound diagnosis of clavicle fractures in the pediatric emergency department

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 687-693

  Cross, Keith P ^a   Warkentine, Fred H ^a   Kim, K ^a   Gracely, Edward ^b   Paul, Ronald I ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clavicle; Fracture; Pediatrics; Radiation; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

IBUPROFEN; OXYCODONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FACES PAIN SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRIC WARD; PEDIATRICIAN; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHOULDER INJURY; SHOULDER PAIN; SHOULDER RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLAVICLE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 77955870205     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2010.00788.x     Document Type: Article

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