Implementation of the Ottawa ankle rules by general practitioners in the emergency department of a Turkish district hospital

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Das M., TEMİZ A., ÇEVİK Y.

ULUSAL TRAVMA VE ACIL CERRAHI DERGISI-TURKISH JOURNAL OF TRAUMA & EMERGENCY SURGERY, vol.22, no.4, pp.361-364, 2016 (SCI-Expanded)

• Publication Type: Article / Article
• Volume: 22 Issue: 4
• Publication Date: 2016
• Doi Number: 10.5505/tjtes.2016.72662
• Journal Name: ULUSAL TRAVMA VE ACIL CERRAHI DERGISI-TURKISH JOURNAL OF TRAUMA & EMERGENCY SURGERY
• Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
• Page Numbers: pp.361-364
• Keywords: General practitioners, Ottawa ankle rules, CLINICAL DECISION RULES, RADIOGRAPHY, INJURIES, VALIDATION, FRACTURES, MIDFOOT, TRIAL
• Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The present objective was to assess implementation of the Ottawa ankle rules (OAR) as a method of fracture prediction in the emergency department (ED) of a Turkish state hospital.