TY - JOUR T1 - Distal forearm fractures can be reliably diagnosed using ultrasound JF - Archives of disease in childhood - Education & practice edition JO - Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed SP - 275 LP - 275 DO - 10.1136/archdischild-2016-312428 VL - 102 IS - 5 AU - Amanda J Friend AU - Damian Roland Y1 - 2017/10/01 UR - http://ep.bmj.com/content/102/5/275.abstract N2 - In patients with possible distal forearm fracture, is ultrasound scanning a reliable method of diagnosis when compared with X-ray?Design: Systematic review and meta-analysis.Data source: Medline, Web of Science, the Cochrane Library.Study inclusion criteria: Comparison of ultrasound and X-ray in patients with potential distal forearm fractures; written in English, French, German or Spanish language.A total of 16 studies involving 1204 patients with 641 fractures were included. Twelve studies involving 951 patients looked specifically at children. Included studies all used X-ray as their ‘gold standard’ for diagnosing fractures and compared ultrasound to this. Most studies … ER -