Introducing a Clinical Practice Guideline Using Early CT in the Diagnosis of Scaphoid and Other Fractures

OBJECTIVE: We developed and implemented clinical practice guideline (CPG) using computerized tomography (CT) as the initial imaging method in the emergency department management of scaphoid fractures. We hypothesized that this CPG would decrease unnecessary immobilization and lead to earlier return...

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Autores principales: Pincus, Steven, Weber, Merle, Meakin, Alex, Breadmore, Ross, Mitchell, David, Spencer, Luke, Anderson, Nathan, Catterson, Phil, Farish, Steve, Cruickshank, Jaycen
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine 2009
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International Contributions
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2791722/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20046238

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