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Nurse practitioner administered point-of-care ultrasound compared with X-ray for children with clinically non-angulated distal forearm fractures in the ED: a diagnostic study

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  • Peter J Snelling School of Medicine, Griffith University Faculty of Health, Southport, Queensland, Australia Department of Emergency Medicine, Queensland Children's Hospital, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Department of Emergency Medicine, Gold Coast University Hospital, Southport, Queensland, Australia Sonography Innovation and Research Group (Sonar Group), Southport, Queensland, Australia Child Health Research Centre, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Philip Jones Emergency and Trauma Centre, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Herston, Queensland, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Gerben Keijzers School of Medicine, Griffith University Faculty of Health, Southport, Queensland, Australia Department of Emergency Medicine, Gold Coast University Hospital, Southport, Queensland, Australia Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University, Southport, Queensland, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • David Bade Department of Orthopaedics, Queensland Children's Hospital, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • David W Herd Department of Emergency Medicine, Queensland Children's Hospital, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Child Health Research Centre, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Robert S Ware Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Southport, Queensland, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Peter J Snelling, Department of Emergency Medicine, Gold Coast University Hospital, Southport, Queensland, Australia; peter.snelling{at}health.qld.gov.au
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Snelling PJ, Jones P, Keijzers G, et al
Nurse practitioner administered point-of-care ultrasound compared with X-ray for children with clinically non-angulated distal forearm fractures in the ED: a diagnostic study
Emergency Medicine Journal 2021;38:139-145.

Publication history

  • Received March 30, 2020
  • Revised July 16, 2020
  • Accepted July 21, 2020
  • First published September 8, 2020.
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January 08, 2022

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