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    Elbow extension as a ‘rule-out’ tool for significant injury in children

    Report By: Adam Reuben and Beth Newstead, Consultant Emergency Physicians

    Search checked by: Gavin Lloyd, Consultant Emergency Physician

    Institution: Department of Emergency Medicine, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, UK

    Three part question

    In (children with elbow injuries) does (ability to fully extend the injured limb) exclude the possibility of (significant injury)?

    Clinical scenario

    A 7-year-old girl presents to the emergency department complaining of pain in her left elbow, having fallen onto her outstretched hand. On examination she can fully extend …

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

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