Comparison of Gray-scale Inverted Rib Series With Conventional Ones in Rib Fracture Detection by Emergency Physicians and Medical Students

Hanyang University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Rib Fracture

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02028611

JPark

Details and patient eligibility

About

There were many studies which examined the availability of inverted gray-scale chest X-ray for increasing the detection of lung nodules. In emergency medicine, rib fracture is an important part for patient's disposition, so investigators designed this study to evaluate the availability of inverted gray-scale chest X-ray for the detection of rib fracture.

Enrollment: 55 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Emergency resident who want to participate

Exclusion criteria

• Emergency resident who does not want to participate