Bedside ultrasound in the diagnosis of pediatric clavicle fractures

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1038-1041

  Chien, Ming ^a   Bulloch, Blake ^a   Garcia Filion, Pamela ^b   Youssfi, Mostafa ^c   Shrader, Michael W ^a   Segal, Lee S ^a  

^a PHOENIX CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Department of Pediatrics   (United States)

^c Department of Radiology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

bone fractures; clavicle; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ANALOG SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLAVICLE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBURBAN POPULATION; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 80955136529     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e318235e965     Document Type: Article

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