An Official Journal of Polish Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
ISSN:1897-2276
e-ISSN: 2449-9145
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Original Article
Ultrasound scanning as a screening method for extremity fractures in adult trauma patients in Emergency Department: A diagnostic study
Author(s):
Shervin Faramand, Abdoulah Arshadi, Shahram Bagheri-Hariri*, Shahriar Shahriarian, Mona Arbab and Mojtaba Sedaghat
Objectives: This study was conducted to evaluate the accuracy of ultrasound in comparison with standard X-ray for screening extremities fractures in adult population.
Methods: This was a diagnostic accuracy study performed at the emergency department of Imam Khomeini Complex Hospital, Tehran, Iran. All patients ≥ 18-year-old admitted in the emergency department, with a recent history of trauma including any limb were included. The patients were first evaluated by attending emergency medicine physician using ultrasound and then underwent necessary X-rays. Subsequently, the reports were compared regarding calculating the accuracy.
Results: One hundred twenty-eight patients with the mean age of 37.1 ± 14.9 years enrolled in the study (50.8% were male). The results showed an almost perfect agreement between ultrasound and X ray for detecting upper and.. Read More»
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