Emergency Medicine · Orthopaedics
Quebec Decision Rule for Shoulder Radiography calculator
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Quebec shoulder rule negative — radiography not indicated by rule
Band: Quebec shoulder rule negative — radiography not indicated by rule
Interpretation. Quebec shoulder rule negative — radiography not indicated by rule
Suggested management. No Quebec radiography triggers entered after traumatic shoulder injury.
Quebec Decision Rule for Shoulder Radiography: 0 — Quebec shoulder rule negative — radiography not indicated by rule. Interpretation: Quebec shoulder rule negative — radiography not indicated by rule What to do: No Quebec radiography triggers entered after traumatic shoulder injury. Inputs: traumatic mechanism: false; age ge 40: false; First episode of dislocation: false; Humeral-region ecchymosis: false Source: Emond M et al. Refinement of the Quebec decision rule for radiography in shoulder dislocation. CJEM. DOI: 10.1017/s1481803500010994. PMID: 19166638. Scope: after traumatic shoulder injury/dislocation, radiography is indicated when age ≥40, first episode, or humeral-region ecchymosis is present. (2009)
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Clinical inputs
- traumatic mechanism
- age ge 40
- First episode of dislocation
- Humeral-region ecchymosis
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Emond M et al. Refinement of the Quebec decision rule for radiography in shoulder dislocation. CJEM. DOI: 10.1017/s1481803500010994. PMID: 19166638. Scope: after traumatic shoulder injury/dislocation, radiography is indicated when age ≥40, first episode, or humeral-region ecchymosis is present. (2009)
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