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Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 7e
| Section 22. Injuries to Bones and Joints > |
Chapter 271. Knee Injuries
Sections: Knee Injuries: Introduction, Anatomy, Clinical Features, Imaging, Fractures, Ligamentous and Meniscal Injuries, Other Knee Pathology, References.
Topics Discussed: knee injuries.
Excerpt:"The emergency physician must be familiar with the examination
of the normal and abnormal knee to be able to recognize, treat,
and make appropriate referrals for specific injuries. The first
examination is usually the easiest to perform and may be the most
valid, because the patient does not anticipate pain and therefore
does not guard against the examination and because inflammation
and effusion further limiting the examination may not yet have occurred...."
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