ED point-of-care ultrasound in the diagnosis of ankle fractures in children

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1328.e1-1328.e3

  Taggart, Ian ^a,b   Voskoboynik, Nika ^a,b   Shah, Sachita ^c   Liebmann, Otto ^a  

^a HASBRO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKLE FRACTURE; ANKLE RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BONE EXAMINATION; CHILDHOOD INJURY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; FIBULA; HUMAN; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84865455044     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2011.06.037     Document Type: Article

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