suspected elbow fracture
Conditions
Interventions
echografie
Sponsors
SGO
Eligibility
Age
16 Years to 64 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patiënts = 16 years old who present to the ER with a suspected elbow fracture.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - Extensive additional injury; high-energy trauma with multiple injuries, neurotrauma, accompanying thoracic injury, and /or hemodynamic instability - Open fractures - Luxation fractures, when suspected on physical examination - Clinically diagnosed new neurovascular damage - Osteosynthesis material in situ at affected elbow - No informed consent from the patient - Patients coming to the emergency room from the radiology department with a proven fracture of the elbow or a positive fat pad sign on X-ray
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Sensitivity of ultrasound for elbow fractures | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| - Positive predictive value of ultrasound for elbow fractures - Negative predictive value of ultrasound for elbow fractures - Specificity of ultrasound in elbow fractures | — |
Contacts
Public ContactThea van der Veen
Medisch Centrum Leeuwarden
Outcome results
None listed