TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1990//
TI  - Missed injuries in an orthopaedic department
JO  - Injury
A1  - Juhl, M.
A1  - Møller-Madsen, B.
A1  - Jensen, J.
SP  - 110
EP  - 112
VL  - 21
IS  - 2
N2  - In a prospective study lasting 6 months, all missed injuries in patients visiting the casualty department or admitted to the orthopaedic department of Aarhus Amtssygehus were registered and analysed. A total of 15,806 patients attended the casualty department and 783 patients were admitted to the orthopaedic department. Eighty-four injuries were missed in 83 patients in the casualty department, making a missed injury rate of 0.5 per cent. Twenty-three injuries were missed in 17 patients in the orthopaedic department making a missed injury rate of 2.2 per cent. Re-examination of all patients and matching radiographs reduced the number of missed injuries significantly.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0020-1383
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -