Open AccessA systematic approach to describing fractures
Author(s) -
Sarah Bolander
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of the american academy of physician assistants
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 17
ISSN - 0893-7400
DOI - 10.1097/01.jaa.0000554731.08786.ba
Subject(s) - terminology , presentation (obstetrics) , medicine , identification (biology) , interpretation (philosophy) , primary care , radiography , medical physics , family medicine , radiology , computer science , philosophy , linguistics , botany , biology , programming language
Clinicians, including practitioners in primary care and across numerous specialties, are essential to the interpretation of imaging for correlating clinical presentation with fracture identification on plain radiographs. A comprehensive review of radiographs lets clinicians document findings accurately and communicate these findings to colleagues, specialists, and patients. This article reviews fracture terminology that clinicians need to provide better understanding of the injury and direct appropriate management.