title: Bedside ultrasound for hip dislocations.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Bedside ultrasound in the emergency department is being used with increasing frequency and for an increasing scope of conditions.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Demonstrate the use of bedside ultrasound as an adjunct for diagnosis of hip dislocation.
  
  
  METHODS
  A traumatic anterior hip dislocation was diagnosed with bedside ultrasound after an initial normal plain radiograph.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although the current standard of care for diagnosis of hip dislocation is plain radiographs, this case demonstrates that bedside ultrasound may be used as a diagnostic adjunct in this time-sensitive and potentially catastrophic diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan 48073, USA.
authors.forename: Matthew H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Zimny
authors.forename: Bradford L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Walters
authors.forename: Amit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bahl
mesh_terms: D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006617:Hip Dislocation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems; D011859:Radiography; D014463:Ultrasonography