Bedside Ultrasound for Pediatric Long Bone Fractures

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-36

  Cross, Keith P ^a  

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

Author keywords

Clavicle; Emergency department; Femur; Fibula; Fracture; Humerus; Pediatrics; Radius; Tibia; Ulna; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEDSIDE ECHOGRAPHY; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FOREARM FRACTURE; FRACTURE; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; PATIENT POSITIONING; POINT OF CARE TESTING; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RADIUS FRACTURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIBIA FRACTURE;

EID: 79952483432     PISSN: 15228401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpem.2010.12.002     Document Type: Article

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