Clinical Review
How to Manage the Top Three Orthopedic Emergencies in Children
Emergency Medicine. 2009 March;41(3):24-29
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Scott C. Sherman, MD, FAAEM
Distal radius fracture, radial head subluxation, and slipped capital femoral epiphysis are problems that nearly every emergency physician eventually sees in a young patient. Each has signal characteristics that point the way to speedy stabilization.