Calculated decisions: Ottawa Knee Rule.

Emerg Med Pract

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA.

Published: August 2020

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The Ottawa knee rule describes criteria for knee trauma patients who are at low risk for clinically significant fracture and do not warrant knee imaging.

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