Ottawa ankle rules for the injured ankle.
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Validation of Ottawa ankle rules protocol in Greek athletes: study in the emergency departments of a district general hospital and a sports injuries clinic.
OBJECTIVE To validate the Ottawa ankle rules protocol for predicting ankle and midfoot fractures in Greek athletes. METHOD A prospective survey in the emergency departments of a district general hospital and a sports injury clinic in Greece over nine months. A clinical evaluation was made of 122 patients with acute ankle and/or midfoot injury, and then radiographs were taken. RESULTS Nine a...
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OBJECTIVE To determine if the Ottawa ankle rules are valid in the setting of an urban teaching hospital in the UK. DESIGN A prospective survey. SETTING Accident and emergency department, Western Infirmary, Glasgow from 1 April 1995 to 31 August 1995. SUBJECTS 800 patients with an acute ankle injury. RESULTS 800 patients were used for analysis of which 584 (73%) were radiographed; 70 (12...
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In a sports medicine center, we prospectively evaluated the Ottawa Ankle Rules over 1 year for their ability to identify clinically significant ankle and midfoot fractures and to reduce the need for radiography. We also developed a modification to improve specificity for malleolar fracture identification. Patients with acute ankle injuries (< or = 10 days old) had the rules applied and then had...
متن کاملOttawa Ankle Rules and Subjective Surgeon Perception to Evaluate Radiograph Necessity Following Foot and Ankle Sprain
BACKGROUND Foot and ankle injuries are frequent in emergency departments. Although only a few patients with foot and ankle sprain present fractures and the fracture patterns are almost always simple, lack of fracture diagnosis can lead to poor functional outcomes. AIM The present study aims to evaluate the reliability of the Ottawa ankle rules and the orthopedic surgeon subjective perception ...
متن کاملCost-effectiveness analysis of the Ottawa Ankle Rules.
STUDY OBJECTIVE To conduct an incremental cost-effectiveness analysis of implementation of the Ottawa Ankle Rules in emergency departments in the United States and Canada. DESIGN A decision analytic approach to technology assessment. Clinical decision rules that allow physicians to be more selective in their use of radiography were compared with current practice in a decision analytic model. ...
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عنوان ژورنال:
- BMJ
دوره 326 7386 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2003