{"pk":9844,"title":"Ultrasound Detection of Patellar Fracture and Evaluation of the Knee Extensor Mechanism in the Emergency Department","subtitle":null,"abstract":"Traumatic injuries to the knee are common in Emeregncy Medicine.\nBedside ultrasound has benefits in the rapid initial detection of injuries to the patella. In addition, ultrasound can quickly detect injuries to the entire knee extensor mechanism, including the quadriceps tenson and inferior patellar ligament in addition to the patella, that can be difficult to diagnose with plain radiographs. While MRI remains the gold standard for diagnostic evaluation of the knee extensor mechanism, this can be difficult to obtain from the Emergency Department. Clinicans caring for patients with orthopedic injuries of the knee will benefit from incorporating of musculoskeletal bedside ultrasound into their clinical skills set.","language":"en","license":{"name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0","short_name":"CC BY 4.0","text":"Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"},"keywords":[{"word":"ultrasound, bedside ultrasound, point of care ultrasound, knee injury, patellar fracture, quadriceps tendon injury, inferior patellar ligament injury, injury of knee extensor mechanism"}],"section":"Technology in Emergency Medicine","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1tk8t7jx","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Kiersten","middle_name":"","last_name":"Carter","name_suffix":"","institution":"Stanford University Medical Center","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Arica","middle_name":"","last_name":"Nesper","name_suffix":"","institution":"Stanford University Medical Center","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Laleh","middle_name":"","last_name":"Gharahbaghian","name_suffix":"","institution":"Stanford University Medical Center","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Philips","middle_name":"","last_name":"Perera","name_suffix":"","institution":"Stanford University Medical Center","department":"None"}],"date_submitted":"2016-05-30T00:22:36Z","date_accepted":"2016-05-30T00:22:36Z","date_published":"2016-09-29T21:03:30Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/westjem/article/9844/galley/5421/download/"}]}