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Because of the high rate of fractures (30%) seen at follow-up, it is prudent to consider thumb spica splint immobilization in children that have snuff box tenderness and a mechanism of injury that suggests a fracture. Patients were included if they had from acute (within the past 8 hours) trauma (wi...

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Published inThe American journal of emergency medicine Vol. 29; no. 8; pp. 943 - 953
Main Authors Bond, Michael C., MD, Lemkin, Daniel L., MD, Brady, William, MD
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.10.2011
Elsevier
Elsevier Limited
Subjects
Adult
Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy
Arthritis
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Emergency
Emergency medical care
Hospitals
Humans
Intensive care medicine
Medical sciences
Musculoskeletal Diseases - surgery
Nervous system involvement in other diseases. Miscellaneous
Neurology
Orthopedic Procedures
Orthopedics
Pain
Pediatrics
Rheumatoid arthritis
Spine
Trauma
Intensive care
Orthopedics
Resuscitation
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Summary:Because of the high rate of fractures (30%) seen at follow-up, it is prudent to consider thumb spica splint immobilization in children that have snuff box tenderness and a mechanism of injury that suggests a fracture. Patients were included if they had from acute (within the past 8 hours) trauma (with potential injury to the neck), and excluded if they were younger than 16 years, had penetrating trauma to the neck, were acutely paralayzed, or had known vertebral disease (ankylosing spondylitis, rheumatoid arthritis, spinal stenosis, or previous cervical spine surgery).
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ISSN:0735-6757
1532-8171
DOI:10.1016/j.ajem.2010.06.028