Bedside ultrasound diagnosis of nonangulated distal forearm fractures in the pediatric emergency department

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1027-1032

  Chaar Alvarez, Frances M ^a   Warkentine, Fred ^b   Cross, Keith ^b   Herr, Sandra ^b   Paul, Ronald I ^b,c  

^a Arnold Palmer Children's Hospital   (United States)

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

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

emergency ultrasound; forearm fractures; pediatric emergency ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISTAL FOREARM FRACTURE; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOREARM FRACTURE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 80955159703     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e318235e228     Document Type: Article

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