Pittsburgh Knee Rules: Difference between revisions
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== Criteria<br> == | == Criteria<br> == | ||
Radiographs of the knee should performed if the mechanism of injury is a fall or blunt trauma and either one of the following:<br> | |||
1) Patient is younger than 12 or older than 50 | |||
2) Inability to walk four weight-bearing steps | |||
These rules do not apply to individuals who present more than 6 days after injury, those with only superficial lacerations and abrasions, those with a previous history of knee injury or surgery on the affected knee, and those being reassessed for the same injury. <ref>Hawley C, Rosenblatt R. Ottowa and Pittsburgh rules for acute knee injuries. The Journal of Family Practice 1998;47(4):254-255. http://ovidsp.tx.ovid.com/sp-3.8.1a/ovidweb.cgi. (Accessed 25 Apr 2013).</ref> | |||
== Evidence == | == Evidence == | ||
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Purpose
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A clinical decision rule used to indicate radiography of the knee.
Criteria
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Radiographs of the knee should performed if the mechanism of injury is a fall or blunt trauma and either one of the following:
1) Patient is younger than 12 or older than 50
2) Inability to walk four weight-bearing steps
These rules do not apply to individuals who present more than 6 days after injury, those with only superficial lacerations and abrasions, those with a previous history of knee injury or surgery on the affected knee, and those being reassessed for the same injury. [1]
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- ↑ Hawley C, Rosenblatt R. Ottowa and Pittsburgh rules for acute knee injuries. The Journal of Family Practice 1998;47(4):254-255. http://ovidsp.tx.ovid.com/sp-3.8.1a/ovidweb.cgi. (Accessed 25 Apr 2013).
