A study to develop clinical decision rules for the use of radiography in acute ankle injuries.

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Published in Ann Emerg Med on April 01, 1992

Authors

I G Stiell1, G H Greenberg, R D McKnight, R C Nair, I McDowell, J R Worthington

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Emergency Medicine, Ottawa Civic Hospital, Ontario, Canada.

Associated clinical trials:

Creating a Diagnostic Decision Rule for Shoulder Injury: CASH-trial (CASH) | NCT02857439

A Prospective Study Comparing Different Clinical Decision Rules in Adult and Pediatric Ankle Trauma (LEFO) | NCT01205841

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