title: Ottawa ankle rules.
abstract: The Ottawa ankle rule project demonstrated that more than 95% of patients with ankle injuries had radiographic examinations but that 85% of the films showed no fractures. A group of Ottawa emergency physicians developed two rules to identify clinically important fractures of the malleoli and the midfoot. Use of these rules reduced radiographic examinations by 28% for the ankle and 14% for the foot.
authors.affiliation: Medical Research Council of Canada Research Personnel Program, Ottawa.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Stiell
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D016512:Ankle Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D010173:Palpation; D011859:Radiography; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013639:Tarsal Bones / Q000293:injuries*; D016474:Weight-Bearing