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Traumatic fractures in adults: missed diagnosis on plain radiographs in the Emergency Department

Radiography remains the imaging standard for fracture detection after trauma. The radiographic diagnosis of most fractures and dislocations poses little difficulty to radiologists: however, occasionally these injuries are quite subtle or even impossible to detect on radiographs. Missed diagnoses of...

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Autores principales: Pinto, Antonio, Berritto, Daniela, Russo, Anna, Riccitiello, Federica, Caruso, Martina, Paola Belfiore, Maria, Roberto Papapietro, Vito, Carotti, Marina, Pinto, Fabio, Giovagnoni, Andrea, Romano, Luigia, Grassi, Roberto
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Mattioli 1885 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6179080/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29350641
http://dx.doi.org/10.23750/abm.v89i1-S.7015
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author Pinto, Antonio
Berritto, Daniela
Russo, Anna
Riccitiello, Federica
Caruso, Martina
Paola Belfiore, Maria
Roberto Papapietro, Vito
Carotti, Marina
Pinto, Fabio
Giovagnoni, Andrea
Romano, Luigia
Grassi, Roberto
author_facet Pinto, Antonio
Berritto, Daniela
Russo, Anna
Riccitiello, Federica
Caruso, Martina
Paola Belfiore, Maria
Roberto Papapietro, Vito
Carotti, Marina
Pinto, Fabio
Giovagnoni, Andrea
Romano, Luigia
Grassi, Roberto
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description Radiography remains the imaging standard for fracture detection after trauma. The radiographic diagnosis of most fractures and dislocations poses little difficulty to radiologists: however, occasionally these injuries are quite subtle or even impossible to detect on radiographs. Missed diagnoses of fracture potentially have important consequences for patients, clinicians, and radiologists. Radiologists play a pivot role in the diagnostic assessment of the trauma patients: emergency radiologists who are more practiced at seeking out and discerning traumatic fractures can provide an invaluable service to their clinical colleagues by ensuring that patients do not endure delayed diagnoses. This is a narrative review article aims to highlight the spectrum of fractures in adults potentially missed on plain radiographs, the causes of error in diagnosis of fractures in the emergency setting and the key elements to reduce misdiagnosis of fractures. (www.actabiomedica.it)
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spelling pubmed-61790802019-05-08 Traumatic fractures in adults: missed diagnosis on plain radiographs in the Emergency Department Pinto, Antonio Berritto, Daniela Russo, Anna Riccitiello, Federica Caruso, Martina Paola Belfiore, Maria Roberto Papapietro, Vito Carotti, Marina Pinto, Fabio Giovagnoni, Andrea Romano, Luigia Grassi, Roberto Acta Biomed Review Radiography remains the imaging standard for fracture detection after trauma. The radiographic diagnosis of most fractures and dislocations poses little difficulty to radiologists: however, occasionally these injuries are quite subtle or even impossible to detect on radiographs. Missed diagnoses of fracture potentially have important consequences for patients, clinicians, and radiologists. Radiologists play a pivot role in the diagnostic assessment of the trauma patients: emergency radiologists who are more practiced at seeking out and discerning traumatic fractures can provide an invaluable service to their clinical colleagues by ensuring that patients do not endure delayed diagnoses. This is a narrative review article aims to highlight the spectrum of fractures in adults potentially missed on plain radiographs, the causes of error in diagnosis of fractures in the emergency setting and the key elements to reduce misdiagnosis of fractures. (www.actabiomedica.it) Mattioli 1885 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC6179080/ /pubmed/29350641 http://dx.doi.org/10.23750/abm.v89i1-S.7015 Text en Copyright: © 2018 ACTA BIO MEDICA SOCIETY OF MEDICINE AND NATURAL SCIENCES OF PARMA http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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Berritto, Daniela
Russo, Anna
Riccitiello, Federica
Caruso, Martina
Paola Belfiore, Maria
Roberto Papapietro, Vito
Carotti, Marina
Pinto, Fabio
Giovagnoni, Andrea
Romano, Luigia
Grassi, Roberto
Traumatic fractures in adults: missed diagnosis on plain radiographs in the Emergency Department
title Traumatic fractures in adults: missed diagnosis on plain radiographs in the Emergency Department
title_full Traumatic fractures in adults: missed diagnosis on plain radiographs in the Emergency Department
title_fullStr Traumatic fractures in adults: missed diagnosis on plain radiographs in the Emergency Department
title_full_unstemmed Traumatic fractures in adults: missed diagnosis on plain radiographs in the Emergency Department
title_short Traumatic fractures in adults: missed diagnosis on plain radiographs in the Emergency Department
title_sort traumatic fractures in adults: missed diagnosis on plain radiographs in the emergency department
topic Review
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6179080/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29350641
http://dx.doi.org/10.23750/abm.v89i1-S.7015
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