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Table 4 Demographics of the nine missed fractures

From: Point-of-care bedside ultrasound examination for the exclusion of clinically significant ankle and fifth metatarsal bone fractures; a single blinded prospective diagnostic cohort study

Age

gender

Trauma mechanism

Activity

Fracture

Sonographer no

Sonographer seen

Expert seen

24

male

Inversion

sports

MT V

1

no

yes

18

female

Inversion

walking

MT V

2

no

yes

23

female

Unknown

walking

MT V (Jones)

4

no

no

57

female

Unknown

walking

distal fibula

3

no

no

55

female

Unknown

traffic accident

MT V

3

no

no

19

female

Eversion

traffic accident

distal tibia + malleolus tertius

7

no

yes

19

female

Unknown

traffic accident

distal fibula

5

no

no

23

female

Eversion

walking

distal fibula

6

yes

no

19

male

Unknown

sports

distal fibula

8

yes

no

  1. MTV fifth metatarsal bone