Ultrasonography and radiography: a comparison

Autor:	Paul Wilson, Salam Musa
Rok vydání:	2015
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Radiography Ultrasound Emergency Nursing Wrist Lower limb Distal limb Closed Fracture medicine.anatomical_structure Forearm medicine Radiology Ultrasonography business
Zdroj:	Emergency Nurse. 23:34-37
ISSN:	2047-8984 1354-5752
DOI:	10.7748/en.23.2.34.e1416
Popis:	Distal limb fractures are common presentations to emergency departments and minor injury units (MIUs). The authors conducted a study of the usefulness and efficiency of portable ultrasound in detecting the presence of minor fractures in patients presenting to Cirencester Hospital's MIU. Patients above two years of age about whom there was a high clinical suspicion of a closed fracture of the distal forearm or wrist, or the lower limb, were included in the study. After initial clinical assessments, the patients were referred for X-ray, as is usual for such patients, and also for ultrasound imaging of their injured sites. The ultrasound and radiograph images were subsequently compared for injury and presence of fracture, and this article discusses the results.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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