A study to develop clinical decision rules for the use of radiography in wrist trauma: Karadeniz wrist rules


KARACA Y., Turkmen S., CANSU A., BAKİ M. E., EROĞLU O., TATLI Ö., ...More

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE, vol.34, no.11, pp.2074-2078, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 34 Issue: 11
  • Publication Date: 2016
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.ajem.2016.07.013
  • Journal Name: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.2074-2078
  • Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Introduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with wrist trauma using physical examination findings and functional tests and to identify findings with high sensitivity and specificity among the parameters assessed in patients with fracture in the wrist. The ultimate objective was thus to establish a reliable and widely usable clinical decision rule for determining the necessity of radiography in wrist trauma.