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When to Use Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Skull Fractures

By Ken Milne, MD | on September 13, 2015 | 2 Comments
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ACEP Now: Vol 34 – No 09 – September 2015

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Topics: Clinical GuidelineEmergency DepartmentEmergency PhysicianImaging and UltrasoundPractice ManagementSkull FractureUltrasound

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Ken Milne, MD

Ken Milne, MD, is chief of emergency medicine and chief of staff at South Huron Hospital, Ontario, Canada. He is on the Best Evidence in Emergency Medicine faculty and is creator of the knowledge translation project the Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.

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2 Responses to “When to Use Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Skull Fractures”

  1. October 8, 2015

    Kenn Ghaffarian Reply

    Sensitivity in the article is misquoted at 8%. Should read 88%.

    • October 8, 2015

      Dawn Antoline-Wang Reply

      Thank you, we have corrected the error.

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