Most frequently missed fractures in the emergency department

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 183-186

  Mounts, Jason ^a   Clingenpeel, Joel ^a   McGuire, Erin ^a   Byers, Erika ^a   Kireeva, Yelena ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF THE KING S DAUGHTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

medical errors; missed fracture; pediatric emergency department; radiograph

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; FINGER PHALANX; FRACTURE; HAND FRACTURE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; METATARSAL BONE; PEDIATRIC WARD; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIUS FRACTURE; TOE PHALANX; X RAY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EXTREMITIES; FRACTURES, BONE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951607068     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922810384725     Document Type: Article

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