The Emergency Evaluation and Management of Pediatric Extremity Fractures.

This article focuses on the diagnosis and management of pediatric extremity injuries. The article describes the anatomic features and healing principles unique to children and discusses pediatric upper and lower extremity fractures and presents evidence-based and standard practice for their management. Finally, the article describes the conditions under which emergency physicians are likely to miss pediatric fractures by highlighting specific examples and discussing the general factors that lead to these errors. PMID: 31757254 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31757254?dopt=Abstract

Source: The Medical Clinics of North America - November 25, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: Boutis K Tags: Emerg Med Clin North Am Source Type: research