Feasibility of a standardized ultrasound examination in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A quality improvement among rheumatologists cohort

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 13, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Ellegaard, Karen ^a   Torp Pedersen, Søren ^a   Christensen, Robin ^a,b   Stoltenberg, Michael ^c   Hansen, Annette ^d   Lorenzen, Tove ^e   Jensen, Dorthe V ^f   Lindegaard, Hanne ^g   Juul, Lars ^h   Røgind, Henrik ⁱ   Bülow, Per ^j   Chrysidis, Stavros ^k   Kowalski, Marcin ^l   Danneskiold Samsoe, Bente ^a,m,n   Bliddal, Henning ^a,m,n  

^a Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c KØGE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e LILLEBAELT HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^f Hoersholm Hospital   (Denmark)

^g ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^h Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

ⁱ FREDERIKSBERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^j BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^k University of Esbjerg   (Denmark)

^l AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^m AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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Author keywords

Rheumatoid Arthritis; Ultrasonography; Wrist

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; LEARNING; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOLOGY; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; LEARNING; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RHEUMATOLOGY; SYNOVITIS; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; WRIST JOINT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857976575     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-13-35     Document Type: Article

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