Busted! Management of paediatric upper limb fractures: Not all that it's cracked up to be

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 384-391

  Mills, Erin ^a   Craig, Simon ^a,b   Oakley, Ed ^b,c,d  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Emergency medicine; Fracture; Paediatric; Pain; Splint

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANALGESIA; ARM FRACTURE; ARTICLE; CHILD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLINTING; X RAY; ARM INJURIES; COMPLICATION; FRACTURES, BONE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLINT;

ADOLESCENT; ANALGESICS; ARM INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLINTS;

EID: 84905057771     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1742-6723.12265     Document Type: Article

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