Use of percussion as a screening tool in the diagnosis of occult hip fractures.
- Author:
Mohan TIRU
1
;
S H GOH
;
B Y LOW
Author Information
1. Accident & Emergency Department, Changi General Hospital, 2 Simei Street 3, Singapore 529889. Mohan_Tiru@cgh.com.sg
- Publication Type:Clinical Trial
- MeSH:
Aged;
Aged, 80 and over;
Auscultation;
methods;
Confidence Intervals;
Female;
Hip Fractures;
diagnosis;
diagnostic imaging;
Humans;
Injury Severity Score;
Male;
Middle Aged;
Percussion;
methods;
Physical Examination;
methods;
Predictive Value of Tests;
Prospective Studies;
Reference Values;
Sampling Studies;
Sensitivity and Specificity;
Singapore;
Single-Blind Method;
Tomography, X-Ray Computed;
methods
- From:Singapore medical journal
2002;43(9):467-469
- CountrySingapore
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Traumatic hip pain is a common clinical problem in the emergency department. There is significant morbidity in discharging a patient with an undiagnosed undisplaced hip fracture. The auscultatory percussion technique is a useful method to risk stratify patients who present with traumatic hip pain and with normal radiographs. We sought to study the sensitivity and specificity of the auscultatory percussion technique in a prospective study.
