• Emerg. Med. Clin. North Am. · Feb 1999

    Evaluation of the patient with extremity trauma: an evidence based approach.

    • D Kaufman and J Leung.
    • Division of Emergency Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
    • Emerg. Med. Clin. North Am. 1999 Feb 1; 17 (1): 77-95, viii.

    AbstractThis article reviews relevant literature to provide evidence based guidelines for the evaluation of patients with extremity trauma in the emergency department. The development of clinical decision rules for extremity trauma in the ankle and knee, and guidelines for obtaining postreduction radiographs of shoulder dislocations and nursemaid's elbows are discussed.

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