The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne. Clavicle fractures - Fracture clinics. What should I review at each appointment? What are the potential complications associated with this injury? When should I refer for an orthopaedic consultant opinion? What are the indications for discharge?
Clavicle fractures - Fracture clinics
How often should these fractures be followed up in fracture clinics? Repeat x-ray is usually not required Advise parents to remove sling at 2 weeks At 4 weeks post-injury. Repeat x-ray not required A lump may be felt at the fracture site, which may be visible. It is more complete in younger patients Lateral third undisplaced At days post-injury with x-ray.
At 2 weeks post-injury with x-ray Remove sling at 2 weeks if no displacement 4 weeks post-injury For undisplaced fractures, a lump usually does not develop Contact sports and activities should be avoided for approximately 6 weeks post removal of sling.
At 7 days post-injury. Repeat x-ray is usually not required Advise parents to remove sling at 2 weeks. The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare. National Center for Biotechnology Information , U. Journal List Ann Transl Med v. Mohamed , 1 Chukwuweike U. Gwam , 1 Jennifer I.
Etcheson , 1 Nicole E. George , 1 Nicolas S. Sultan , 2 Anton Khlopas , 2 and Ronald E. Author information Article notes Copyright and License information Disclaimer. I Conception and design: None; III Provision of study materials or patients: NS Mohammed; V Data analysis and interpretation: All authors; VII Final approval of manuscript: Received Jan 26; Accepted Feb 8.
Copyright Annals of Translational Medicine. Abstract Background With increased legislative efforts to utilize evidence-based medicine as a guide for clinical practice, orthopaedists feel increasing pressure to publish research in higher-quality journals that reach a larger audience. Results The mean IF of orthopaedic increased from 1. Conclusions Overall, the mean IF for peer-reviewed orthopaedic journals has increased in the past years, as has the number of journals.
Orthopaedics, research, impact factor IF.
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Introduction Increasing legislative efforts to improve quality of care has led to a rejuvenated emphasis on utilizing evidence-based medicine as a guide for clinical practice 1 , 2. Open in a separate window. Table 1 Journals in primarily focusing on orthopaedics, subdivided into general and specialist journal accepted JCR abbreviations were used.
Table 2 Journals focusing on orthopaedics added and removed between and accepted JCR abbreviations were used. Results In , the number of orthopaedic journals with IF totaled 48, and increased to 55 in Table 1. Change in impact factor from to for orthopaedic journals. Change in impact factor from to for internal medicine and surgery journals. Table 3 Top 10 journals in , primarily focusing on internal medicine and surgery accepted JCR abbreviations were used. Discussion Legislative efforts to improve healthcare quality have led to an increased demand for high quality research as a means of directing clinical practice 1 , 2.
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Footnotes Conflicts of Interest: Opportunities for improving legislative public health policy in Rhode Island through evidence-based education. R I Med J ; Evidence-based medicine and health care reform legislation. Clin Nucl Med ; Citation indexes for science; a new dimension in documentation through association of ideas.
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