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    Pelvic splints for all types of suspected pelvic fractures

    Report by: Natalie Evans, GDMO

    Search checked by: Surg Cdr Jason Smith RN, Consultant Emergency Physician

    Institution: Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, UK

    Three-part question

    In [patients with pelvic injuries other than open book fractures] does [application of a pelvic splint] affect [survival, outcome or the incidence of adverse effects]?

    Clinical scenario

    A 30-year-old man falls from a third storey window on to concrete. He …

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    Footnotes

    • Linked articles 104919, 104935, 104943, 104901.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; not externally peer reviewed.

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      BET 1
      BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and the British Association for Accident & Emergency Medicine
      Emergency Medicine Journal 2010; 27 952-953 Published Online First: 13 Nov 2010. doi: 10.1136/emj.2010.104919
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      BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and the British Association for Accident & Emergency Medicine
      Emergency Medicine Journal 2010; 27 953-954 Published Online First: 13 Nov 2010. doi: 10.1136/emj.2010.104935
    • Best Evidence Topic reports
      BET 4
      BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and the British Association for Accident & Emergency Medicine
      Emergency Medicine Journal 2010; 27 954-955 Published Online First: 13 Nov 2010. doi: 10.1136/emj.2010.104943