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A survey of current consultant practice of treatment of severe ankle sprains in emergency departments in the United Kingdom
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Cooke, Matthew (Professor of clinical systems design), Lamb, S. E. (Sallie E.), Marsh, J. and Dale, Jeremy (2003) A survey of current consultant practice of treatment of severe ankle sprains in emergency departments in the United Kingdom. Emergency Medicine Journal, 20 (6). pp. 505-507. doi:10.1136/emj.20.6.505 ISSN 1472-0205.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/emj.20.6.505
Abstract
Objective: To determine current consultant practice in larger UK emergency departments in the management of severe ankle sprains. Design: Questionnaire study to all UK emergency departments seeing more than 50 000 new patients per year. Results: 70% response rate. Most popular treatment was ice, elevation, Tubigrip, and exercise, each of which was reported as used in most cases by over 70% of respondents. Crutches, early weight bearing, and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs were each reported as used in most cases at over half of responding departments. Physiotherapy was usually only used in selected cases. Rest was usually advised for one to three days (35%). Follow up was only recommended for selected patients. Conclusions: The results of this survey suggest that there is considerable variation in some aspects of the clinical approach (including drug treatment, walking aids, periods of rest) taken to the management of severe ankle sprains in the UK, although in some areas (for example, not routinely immobilising, early weight bearing as pain permits, use of physiotherapy, use of rest, ice, and elevation) there was concordance.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Clinical Trials Unit Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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Journal or Publication Title: | Emergency Medicine Journal | ||||
Publisher: | BMJ Group | ||||
ISSN: | 1472-0205 | ||||
Official Date: | 1 November 2003 | ||||
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Volume: | 20 | ||||
Number: | 6 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 505-507 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1136/emj.20.6.505 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||
Copyright Holders: | Emergency Medicine Journal |
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