Abstracts in Urgent Care: February, 2011

Most Frequently Missed Fractures in the Pediatric Emergency Department Key point: The most commonly missed fractures were pha- langes of the hand and metatarsal fractures. Citation: Mounts J, Clinenpeel J, McGuire E, et al. Most frequently missed fractures in the emergency department. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2010 Dec 2. [Epub ahead of print.] This study quantified the types of extremity fractures most commonly missed on plain radiographs by pediatric emer- gency medicine specialists after an initial …

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